Tavares
Tavares was the 5176th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 634th; the most babies were born in 1977 (170). Over the last ten years it has moved up 88 places. More babies were named Tavares in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,176 boys, up 27 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1977170 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,008babies recorded
Tavares popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 23 since 1974.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,176 | 19 |
| 2020 | #5,203 | 18 |
| 2010 | #2,821 | 43 |
| 2000 | #1,965 | 53 |
| 1990 | #1,753 | 46 |
| 1980 | #761 | 133 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tavares, counting every spelling?
Tavares has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Tavares?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tavares (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tavares born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tavares.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tavares?
About 2,800 people born in the US named Tavares are alive today, with a median age of 39; half are between 24 and 47. That makes Tavares mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tavares by state
How common Tavares was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tavares: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tavares, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tavares
How popular is the name Tavares?
Tavares was the 5176th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 634th; the most babies were born in 1977 (170). Over the last ten years it has moved up 88 places. More babies were named Tavares in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Tavares a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Tavares in the US.
Where is Tavares most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tavares was most common in Florida (0.01 per 1,000 boys).