Given name & surname
Tavares
Tavares is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English, French, and Portuguese.
Original PortugueseTàvares
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tavares through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,008
- 2,985 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 173 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #5,176 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,176 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 170 in 1977. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,983 as a first name in 2020; 13,226 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tavares’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Tavares as a surname has a related form in Tàvares. In Greek usage, Tavares as a surname is a transliteration of Ταβάρες.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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