Tavis comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Twin.
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How popular is Tavis?
1999peak year
Today, Tavis is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #8935), with only about 10 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1999, 79 babies were given the name (ranked #1469 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Tavis has been declining in recent years. In all, around 2,207 babies have been registered as Tavis since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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