girls:
168 births since 1966
#5548 (3rd percentile)
boys:
135 births since 2003
#4451 (3rd percentile)
overall:
303 births since 1966
#7436 (4th percentile)
The name Tavi is the #7,436 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 303 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 3.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,548 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 168 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #4,451 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 135 births since 2003.
Tavi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 2003 for boys). Birth data for Tavi is available in 28 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023 (24 years for girls and 16 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tavi has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 25.0% of babies named Tavi were girls.
For girls, Tavi reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #960) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tavi ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 46.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tavi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #901) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Tavi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #901 (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tavi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tavi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.0% confident that Tavi is pronounced as TAY-vee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAH-vee, at 42.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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