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
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.