Tavon
Masculine
Tavon is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 4,069 boys against 78 girls since 1880.
Tavon belongs to a family of American names built on a -von ending: Devon, Javon, Jevon, Tavon. The ending has been in circulation since the nineteen-seventies and the openings rotate, which is exactly how the whole system works.
How old is the name Tavon?
Tavon first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Tavon alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 4,000 people named Tavon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tavon most popular?
Tavon peaked in 1996, reaching #775 nationally. Today it ranks #5045, 4,270 places below that high. See the whole 1996 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tavon
Endings move through American naming in clear waves, and -von had a strong one from the late nineteen-seventies through the nineties. What makes it work is the shape: a light first syllable, then a stressed one that ends on an open n, so the name carries when it is called and does not go soft. Tavon is a member of that set, distinguished from its cousins by one consonant. Names built this way record a decade and a network, and both are as real as any etymology.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No inherited meaning. Devon, at the head of the family, is a genuine English county name of Celtic origin, but the American -von names are not forms of it: the ending was taken for its sound. The Ta- opening is a prefix syllable with no sense of its own.
Pronouncing Tavon
tuh-VON
Two syllables with the stress at the end. Some families say TAY-von with the weight in front, and both are heard.
Nicknames for Tavon
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
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 1996188 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #775reached in 1996
- Change vs 2024
- −40.6%19 in 2025, from 32
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.
Tavon in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Maryland, Florida, New York.
Tavons among us
people named Tavon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 89,899 born in 2025 was named Tavon
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 Rolf test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tavon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rolf climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rolf's path sketches the road Tavon is walking now.
Tavon 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
Tavon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tavon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Von works as a short form and stands alone as a name.
- The stress at the end gives it carry and a clear rhythm.
- Every sound in it is familiar, so nobody has to be taught it.
- Tavon, Tayvon and Tevon are all in use and near-identical in speech.
- Two stress patterns circulate and the spelling settles neither.
- The name is firmly of its decades and will place its owner in time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tavons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,000 people named Tavon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tavon in 2025?
- Tavon ranks #5045 among US boy names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tavon?
- About 1 in every 89,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Tavon — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tavon with classmates?
- Tavon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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