Boys' name · since 1993
Tavist
Tavist has 26 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,093 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
26 boys have been named Tavist since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tavist has 26 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 1994.
- #27,093 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tavist ranks #27,093 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,093 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tavist's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tavist's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tavist splits its recorded history at 1994: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1994 (10 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tavist popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1994
- Peak year (1993)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Tavist by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (26 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Tavist's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Tavist births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 26 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tavist: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~1 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, 1993–1994 (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 Tavist 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.