Boys' name · since 1976
Tavious
159 babies named Tavious in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,394 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 159
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tavious sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 159 recorded since 1976.
Tavious has 159 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2022.
- #14,394 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 159 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tavious ranks #14,394 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 159 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,394 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 159
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tavious's 159 recorded births place it above 68.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tavious's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tavious's full recorded timeline at 2003, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tavious popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2022
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Tavious by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (63 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Tavious's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Tavious births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 63 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Tavious's decade-level peak was the 2000s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tavious: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tavious draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.