Travis

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #6,216 · #434 for boys in 2025, 732 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1979 · 11,037 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
29 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
308,571
since 1880

Travis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #36, 1979boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#434732
2024—#359923
2023—#379848
2022—#382849
2021—#380850
2020—#337965
2019—#3221,032
2018—#3141,077
2017—#3021,168
2016—#2761,314
2015—#2571,404
2014—#2531,491
2013—#2321,585
2012—#2121,758
2011—#1901,943
2010—#1782,126
2009—#1772,198
2008—#1772,232
2007—#1702,404
2006—#1622,599
2005—#1752,368
2004#6,21619#1662,461
2003—#1592,541
2002—#1442,702
2001—#1342,943
2000#9,16310#1153,289
1999—#1023,608
1998—#983,924
1997#12,0706#814,684
1996#7,57411#735,159
1995#6,25714#665,602
1994#7,60411#536,800
1993#3,50631#507,940
1992#4,68621#488,895
1991#3,63329#4410,134
1990#3,29733#4211,462
1989#2,37149#4111,526
1988#1,49191#4111,423
1987#1,61976#4210,397
1986#1,63872#498,480
1985#1,65071#469,094
1984#1,75162#4210,241
1983#1,35888#4110,478
1982#1,43684#3910,415
1981#1,45583#4010,109
1980#1,41986#3710,764
1979#1,55574#3611,037
1978#1,80456#466,953
1977#1,53870#447,277
1976#1,77553#466,832
1975#1,93546#515,961
1974#1,70953#545,702
1973#1,75550#535,868
1972#1,98940#575,136
1971#1,77250#615,016
1970#2,57728#694,321
1969#2,05837#1132,862
1968#2,96919#1412,063
1967#2,37626#1661,602
1966#3,74012#1891,299
1965#3,95211#2221,076
1964#4,35510#2351,024
1963#4,01911#257888
1962#3,78212#302652
1961#3,06017#324585
1960#4,7738#330549
1959#4,6258#347504
1958#3,23214#372435
1957#4,5368#415353
1956#4,4678#384384
1955#5,8285#380356
1954#3,71810#371360
1953#3,9559#355383
1952#3,7969#355366
1951#3,10612#355374
1950#4,3157#344383
1949#2,72614#349373
1948#2,97412#348373
1947#2,27919#338408
1946#3,4309#319406
1945#2,33914#344307
1944#3,1399#331334
1943#2,15117#348315
1942#2,53713#320359
1941#2,84610#310350
1940#2,57211#295355
1939#2,30013#295353
1938#2,02116#291354
1937#3,4347#301320
1936#3,3767#295335
1935#2,9269#293345
1934#3,8026#281364
1933#3,4067#313295
1932#2,49012#328282
1931—#324286
1930#4,0476#361254
1929#2,92110#337273
1928#2,95410#374243
1927#2,85911#365256
1926#3,5648#406217
1925#2,48914#384241
1924#2,80912#382246
1923#2,16917#386237
1922#4,4456#373262
1921#3,4009#385246
1920#3,09710#386240
1919#3,8177#381232
1918#3,2449#382244
1917#2,87910#393205
1916#2,02816#405189
1915#2,68810#427160
1914#2,6388#387150
1913#2,5407#413109
1912#2,6346#44677
1911—#46140
1910#2,3985#50131
1909—#44932
1908—#49925
1907—#51121
1906—#56817
1905—#49121
1904—#49219
1903—#73410
1902—#53616
1901—#9436
1900—#43027
1899—#61311
1898—#8857
1897—#61512
1896—#72210
1895—#68510
1894—#7878
1893—#7688
1892—#57213
1891—#6359
1890—#6679
1889—#7897
1888—#9176
1887——
1886—#57811
1885—#57711
1884—#61310
1883—#6449
1882—#61110
1881——
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Travis was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Travis is popular in 1936

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedMOKentucky: #357 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,615 boysKYWest Virginia: #330 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,594 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedKSArkansas: #97 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 483 boysARTennessee: #213 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,823 boysTNNorth Carolina: #351 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,256 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #164 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 964 boysOKLouisiana: #157 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 850 boysLAMississippi: #135 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 792 boysMSAlabama: #111 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 624 boysALGeorgia: #246 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,196 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedHITexas: #118 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 593 boysTXFlorida: #280 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,501 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#97 · 1 in 483
  2. Alabama#111 · 1 in 624
  3. Texas#118 · 1 in 593
  4. Mississippi#135 · 1 in 792
  5. Louisiana#157 · 1 in 850

Best ever in a state: #9 in North Dakota, 1976.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#97351 in 483
Alabama#111431 in 624
Texas#118941 in 593
Mississippi#135251 in 792
Louisiana#157231 in 850
Oklahoma#164221 in 964
Tennessee#213141 in 1,823
Georgia#246131 in 2,196
Florida#28051 in 2,501
West Virginia#33051 in 3,594
North Carolina#35181 in 4,256
Kentucky#35771 in 3,615
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Travis
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 75 spots since 2024 (#359 → #434)
  • 97 spots since 2020 (#337 → #434)
  • 177 spots since 2015 (#257 → #434)
  • Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1902 (#943 → #536)
  • Biggest drop: 513 spots in 1901 (#430 → #943)
Rise & fade · boys
99 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1979 at #36 (11,037 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1970–1998
  • Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1888–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 156
  • Highest: 1 in 156 boys born in 1979 were named Travis (0.64%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,333 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 33.4% of all boys named Travis (102,927) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s76#526 (1880)#657
1890s97#572 (1892)#695
1900s194#430 (1900)#565
1910s1,437#381 (1919)#420
1920s2,461#337 (1929)#378
1930s3,188#281 (1934)#308
1940s3,580#295 (1940)#330
1950s3,898#344 (1950)#368
1960s12,600#113 (1969)#228
1970s64,103#36 (1979)#52
1980s102,927#37 (1980)#42
1990s68,208#42 (1990)#66
2000s25,737#115 (2000)#158
2010s14,898#178 (2010)#254
2020s5,167#337 (2020)#379

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Travis in 1936

girls
#3,376
7 births · 1 in 148,627 girls
boys
#295
335 births · 1 in 3,096 boys

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #3,376Travis7

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #295Travis335
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 148,627 of them was named Travis, which outranked 30.5% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Travis
  1. #3,103Zina8
  2. #3,103Zoila8
  3. #3,103Zoraida8
  4. #3,376Travis7
  5. #3,376Adora7
  6. #3,376Adra7
  7. #3,376Aiko7
  8. #3,701Abelina6
  9. #3,701Adelfa6
  10. #3,701Alden6

Tied with 324 names at #3,376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,238Shelba#3,742 → #504
  2. ↑ 662Shelby#840 → #178
  3. ↑ 600Wendy#1,418 → #818
  4. ↑ 588Deanna#1,356 → #768
  5. ↑ 546Shari#1,514 → #968
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
  4. ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
  5. ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 3,096 of them was named Travis, which outranked 92.7% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Travis
  1. #292Garland342
  2. #293Irving340
  3. #294Marlin337
  4. #295Travis335
  5. #296Preston334
  6. #297Noel325
  7. #298Sammie319
Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. ↑ 802Errol#1,708 → #906
  2. ↑ 644Sergio#1,584 → #940
  3. ↑ 601Brice#1,494 → #893
  4. ↑ 537Windell#1,390 → #853
  5. ↑ 529Kim#1,390 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,082Stafford#980 → #2,062
  2. ↓ 889Darwyn#750 → #1,639
  3. ↓ 461Hunter#956 → #1,417
  4. ↓ 399Orvil#844 → #1,243
  5. ↓ 370Rosendo#956 → #1,326

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1936 →