Travis

Where Travis comes from

From an Old French word meaning "to cross over," related to traverse. Probably a name for a gatekeeper or the toll collector of a bridge.
— Wiktionary's entry for Travis
  • 2 syllables
Travis through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys, with 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1975
    Travis Barker born
    American drummer
  3. 1979
    Travis Fimmel born
    Australian actor and model
  4. 1979
    Peak, #36
    11,037 babies named Travis, its best rank.
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #73.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Travis Barker · American drummer, born 1975
  • Travis Fimmel · Australian actor and model, born 1979
  • Travis Kelce · American football player, born 1989
  • Travis Kalanick · American entrepreneur, born 1976
  • Travis Pastrana · American professional motorsports competitor and stunt performer, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.