Tayvon
Masculine
Tayvon joins the Tay- opening to the -von ending, both of them among the most productive pieces in American naming since the 1970s.
How old is the name Tayvon?
Tayvon first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Tayvon alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,500 people named Tayvon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tayvon most popular?
Tayvon peaked in 2000, reaching #1768 nationally. Today it ranks #4139, 2,371 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tayvon
Ours, offered as ours. The -von ending has an interesting shape: it takes the stress, so Tayvon, Davon and Javon are all said with the weight at the end, which English names very rarely do. Most English men's names are stressed on the first syllable — Peter, Michael, Robert, William. A whole family of names that reverses that is doing something the language does not otherwise offer, and that is probably why it caught.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. The construction is documented: a Tay- opening related to Taylor and Trey, and a -von ending shared with Davon, Javon and Savon. Neither piece carries an inherited meaning.
Pronouncing Tayvon
tay-VON
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Some families say TAY-von.
Nicknames for Tayvon
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
- 1977
- Most boys named
- 200867 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1768reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%25 in 2025, from 25
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.
Tayvon in other languages
Tayvons among us
people named Tayvon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 68,323 born in 2025 was named Tayvon
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 Duffy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tayvon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Duffy climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Duffy's path sketches the road Tayvon is walking now.
Tayvon 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 Tayvon is headed
Tayvon 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.
Tayvon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tayvon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Tay and Von are both usable short forms in current use.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- It belongs to a documented American naming tradition rather than standing alone.
- Tayvon, Tavon and Tayvion are all in use and none is dominant.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
- There is no documented meaning, only a construction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tayvons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Tayvon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tayvon in 2025?
- Tayvon ranks #4139 among US boy names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tayvon?
- About 1 in every 68,323 US boys born in 2025 was named Tayvon — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tayvon with classmates?
- Tayvon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Tayvon
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