Is Tavares a boy or girl name?
Tavares is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 15 boys were named Tavares, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.8% of the 2,989 US babies named Tavares were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #6,124
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Tavares since 1974
- 2,989
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 173 babies
Boys and girls named Tavares, by decade
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | #6,124 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,838 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,409 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,534 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,202 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,368 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,981 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,727 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,755 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,264 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,245 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,163 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,860 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 25 | #4,092 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,820 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,156 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,674 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,759 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,242 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,462 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,018 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,543 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,938 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,113 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,965 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 59 | #1,746 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 50 | #1,954 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 51 | #1,854 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,551 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,135 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,514 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,157 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,298 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,821 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 46 | #1,753 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,792 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,814 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,555 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,185 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,240 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 90 | #930 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 106 | #854 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 88 | #963 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 115 | #822 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 133 | #761 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 143 | #726 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 162 | #660 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 170 | #650 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 168 | #634 | 5 | #10,743 |
| 1975 | 162 | #640 | 10 | #5,948 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,072 | 8 | #6,819 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Tavares reached #634 in 1976. As a girl name, it reached #5,948 in 1975. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Tavares
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.