Tavion
Masculine
Tavion is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 3,088 boys against 13 girls since 1880.
Tavion is a modern American name with a very clear shape and no paper trail. It appears in the records within the last few decades, in company with a whole set of names that share its ending.
How old is the name Tavion?
Tavion first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Tavion alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 3,000 people named Tavion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tavion most popular?
Tavion peaked in 2002, reaching #855 nationally. Today it ranks #3128, 2,273 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tavion
Our reading, offered as ours. Tavion is one syllable away from Octavian, the Roman name built on the number eight, and one letter away from Davion; it is hard to look at it without seeing both. American naming has a long habit of taking a long inherited name, keeping its most musical part and letting the rest go, and Tavion has exactly the shape that habit produces. Nothing in the record confirms either parent, and the name works perfectly well without one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. What is documented is the company it keeps: Davion, Javion, Kavion and Savion all appear in American records in the same span, and Octavion is a near neighbor.
Pronouncing Tavion
TAY-vee-un
Three syllables, first stressed. Some families say tuh-VEE-on.
Nicknames for Tavion
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1989
- Most boys named
- 2002194 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #855reached in 2002
- Change vs 2024
- +11.8%38 in 2025, from 34
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tavion in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, Illinois.
Tavions among us
people named Tavion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 44,949 born in 2025 was named Tavion
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rosendo test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tavion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rosendo climbed just as high around 1930, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rosendo's path sketches the road Tavion is walking now.
Tavion sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Tavion is headed
Tavion is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Tavion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tavion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- English speakers can say it on sight, which is not true of every modern coinage.
- Tav gives it a very short informal form.
- Uncommon enough to stay distinct on a class list.
- There is no meaning to offer when it is asked for, and it will be asked for.
- Davion, Javion and Tavian are close enough to be confused, on paper and aloud.
- The stress is unsettled, so two pronunciations will follow him.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tavions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,000 people named Tavion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tavion in 2025?
- Tavion ranks #3128 among US boy names in 2025, with 38 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tavion?
- About 1 in every 44,949 US boys born in 2025 was named Tavion — 38 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tavion with classmates?
- Tavion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Tavion
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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