How Many People Are Named Tava?
An estimated 430 people in the United States have the first name Tava. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 35 years old, and Tava peaked in popularity in 2000 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tava as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tava paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
430
About 1 in 797,103 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
35
years old
Peak Year
2000
18 births
Total Registered
460
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tava
Tava is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 460 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tava as a female name
Ranked #15,118 in 2022
6 female births in 2022
Peak: 2000 (18 births)
Tava: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tava span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 113 babies were registered. Tava has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tava by Decade
How has Tava tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tava + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tava as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tava
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tava: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tava?
We estimate approximately 430 people named Tava are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 797,103 Americans share this first name.
Is Tava a common name?
Tava is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 460 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tava most popular?
Tava reached peak popularity in 2000, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tava is approximately 35 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tava a female name?
Tava is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tava Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tava Smith, Tava Johnson, Tava Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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