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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #36, 1979boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #23 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 88 boysAKMaine: #36 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 104 boysMEVermont: #49 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 180 boysVTNew Hampshire: #51 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 223 boysNHWashington: #37 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 136 boysWAIdaho: #18 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 70 boysIDMontana: #18 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 68 boysMTNorth Dakota: #10 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 48 boysNDMinnesota: #41 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 150 boysMNIllinois: #70 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 376 boysILWisconsin: #40 for boys · 209 births · 1 in 148 boysWIMichigan: #91 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 516 boysMINew York: #172 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 1,062 boysNYMassachusetts: #124 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,102 boysMARhode Island: #87 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 542 boysRIOregon: #29 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 103 boysORNevada: #35 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 125 boysNVWyoming: #26 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 82 boysWYSouth Dakota: #14 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 52 boysSDIowa: #24 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 87 boysIAIndiana: #42 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 162 boysINOhio: #63 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 374 boysOHPennsylvania: #77 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 485 boysPANew Jersey: #179 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,251 boysNJConnecticut: #141 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,018 boysCTCalifornia: #76 for boys · 433 births · 1 in 351 boysCAUtah: #20 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 75 boysUTColorado: #36 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 135 boysCONebraska: #30 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 100 boysNEMissouri: #36 for boys · 229 births · 1 in 144 boysMOKentucky: #60 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 255 boysKYWest Virginia: #45 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 183 boysWVVirginia: #49 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 222 boysVAMaryland: #143 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 863 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Travis, so not publishedDEArizona: #44 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 173 boysAZNew Mexico: #65 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 275 boysNMKansas: #20 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 79 boysKSArkansas: #62 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 240 boysARTennessee: #40 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 177 boysTNNorth Carolina: #46 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 202 boysNCSouth Carolina: #32 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 162 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #144 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 697 boysDCOklahoma: #31 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 121 boysOKLouisiana: #54 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 249 boysLAMississippi: #103 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 481 boysMSAlabama: #71 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 335 boysALGeorgia: #49 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 213 boysGAHawaii: #65 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 288 boysHITexas: #88 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 384 boysTXFlorida: #50 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 246 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#10 · 1 in 48
  2. South Dakota#14 · 1 in 52
  3. Montana#18 · 1 in 68
  4. Idaho#18 · 1 in 70
  5. Utah#20 · 1 in 75

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#101001 in 48
South Dakota#14901 in 52
Idaho#18971 in 70
Montana#18731 in 68
Kansas#201871 in 79
Utah#201921 in 75
Alaska#23321 in 88
Iowa#242251 in 87
Wyoming#26301 in 82
Oregon#291521 in 103
Nebraska#301071 in 100
Oklahoma#311541 in 121
South Carolina#321221 in 162
Nevada#35271 in 125
Colorado#361381 in 135
Maine#36631 in 104
Missouri#362291 in 144
Washington#371701 in 136
Tennessee#401701 in 177
Wisconsin#402091 in 148
Minnesota#411791 in 150
Indiana#422421 in 162
Arizona#441011 in 173
West Virginia#45711 in 183
North Carolina#461811 in 202
Georgia#491711 in 213
Vermont#49151 in 180
Virginia#491391 in 222
Florida#501951 in 246
New Hampshire#51221 in 223
Louisiana#541211 in 249
Kentucky#601021 in 255
Arkansas#62621 in 240
Ohio#632051 in 374
Hawaii#65211 in 288
New Mexico#65321 in 275
Illinois#702081 in 376
Alabama#71761 in 335
California#764331 in 351
Pennsylvania#771481 in 485
Rhode Island#8791 in 542
Texas#882791 in 384
Michigan#911201 in 516
Mississippi#103381 in 481
Massachusetts#124301 in 1,102
Connecticut#141161 in 1,018
Maryland#143241 in 863
District of Columbia#144111 in 697
New York#1721061 in 1,062
New Jersey#179331 in 1,251
Delaware———

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 1975

girls
#1,935
46 births · 1 in 31,693 girls
boys
#51
5,961 births · 1 in 262 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #1,935Travis46

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #51Travis5,961
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 31,693 of them was named Travis, which outranked 81.8% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Travis
  1. #1,906Shawntel47
  2. #1,906Violeta47
  3. #1,906Xochitl47
  4. #1,935Travis46
  5. #1,935Angelena46
  6. #1,935Annabelle46
  7. #1,935Arcelia46
  8. #1,963Alvina45
  9. #1,963Annabel45
  10. #1,963Arica45

Tied with 27 names at #1,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 262 of them was named Travis, which outranked 99.2% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Travis
  1. #48Jose6,967
  2. #49Keith6,823
  3. #50Gary6,114
  4. #51Travis5,961
  5. #52Bradley5,894
  6. #53George5,847
  7. #54Peter5,698
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 722Benjiman#1,692 → #970
  2. ↑ 702Marques#1,520 → #818
  3. ↑ 645Glendon#1,409 → #764
  4. ↑ 502Benji#1,124 → #622
  5. ↑ 471Regan#1,409 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 905Toma#882 → #1,787
  2. ↓ 830Vashon#923 → #1,753
  3. ↓ 352Bruno#993 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 327Hollis#953 → #1,280
  5. ↓ 303Domenico#977 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →