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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #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 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #30 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 104 boysAKMaine: #34 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 108 boysMEVermont: #20 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 67 boysVTNew Hampshire: #49 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 177 boysNHWashington: #31 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 113 boysWAIdaho: #16 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 69 boysIDMontana: #20 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 76 boysMTNorth Dakota: #10 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 49 boysNDMinnesota: #37 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 133 boysMNIllinois: #62 for boys · 239 births · 1 in 340 boysILWisconsin: #38 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 139 boysWIMichigan: #65 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 352 boysMINew York: #126 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 778 boysNYMassachusetts: #108 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 826 boysMARhode Island: #92 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 585 boysRIOregon: #24 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 83 boysORNevada: #32 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 115 boysNVWyoming: #15 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 54 boysWYSouth Dakota: #13 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 55 boysSDIowa: #25 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 83 boysIAIndiana: #38 for boys · 276 births · 1 in 147 boysINOhio: #54 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 257 boysOHPennsylvania: #64 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 373 boysPANew Jersey: #167 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,158 boysNJConnecticut: #101 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 695 boysCTCalifornia: #68 for boys · 518 births · 1 in 319 boysCAUtah: #28 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 97 boysUTColorado: #34 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 127 boysCONebraska: #24 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 79 boysNEMissouri: #39 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 145 boysMOKentucky: #47 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 196 boysKYWest Virginia: #44 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 185 boysWVVirginia: #41 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 191 boysVAMaryland: #83 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 451 boysMDDelaware: #108 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 566 boysDEArizona: #37 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 141 boysAZNew Mexico: #53 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 226 boysNMKansas: #21 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 80 boysKSArkansas: #49 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 200 boysARTennessee: #31 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 146 boysTNNorth Carolina: #33 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 160 boysNCSouth Carolina: #28 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 135 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #142 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 658 boysDCOklahoma: #33 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 133 boysOKLouisiana: #44 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 206 boysLAMississippi: #82 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 355 boysMSAlabama: #70 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 339 boysALGeorgia: #41 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 194 boysGAHawaii: #45 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 204 boysHITexas: #66 for boys · 381 births · 1 in 294 boysTXFlorida: #43 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 210 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#10 · 1 in 49
  2. South Dakota#13 · 1 in 55
  3. Wyoming#15 · 1 in 54
  4. Idaho#16 · 1 in 69
  5. Vermont#20 · 1 in 67

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#101081 in 49
South Dakota#13911 in 55
Wyoming#15561 in 54
Idaho#161151 in 69
Montana#20731 in 76
Vermont#20411 in 67
Kansas#211951 in 80
Nebraska#241451 in 79
Oregon#242101 in 83
Iowa#252541 in 83
South Carolina#281531 in 135
Utah#281801 in 97
Alaska#30301 in 104
Tennessee#312181 in 146
Washington#312281 in 113
Nevada#32331 in 115
North Carolina#332401 in 160
Oklahoma#331491 in 133
Colorado#341541 in 127
Maine#34651 in 108
Arizona#371321 in 141
Minnesota#372171 in 133
Indiana#382761 in 147
Wisconsin#382321 in 139
Missouri#392421 in 145
Georgia#411951 in 194
Virginia#411701 in 191
Florida#432381 in 210
Louisiana#441601 in 206
West Virginia#44771 in 185
Hawaii#45311 in 204
Kentucky#471441 in 196
Arkansas#49771 in 200
New Hampshire#49311 in 177
New Mexico#53421 in 226
Ohio#543021 in 257
Illinois#622391 in 340
Pennsylvania#641991 in 373
Michigan#651831 in 352
Texas#663811 in 294
California#685181 in 319
Alabama#70791 in 339
Mississippi#82541 in 355
Maryland#83481 in 451
Rhode Island#9291 in 585
Connecticut#101231 in 695
Delaware#10861 in 566
Massachusetts#108401 in 826
New York#1261461 in 778
District of Columbia#142121 in 658
New Jersey#167361 in 1,158

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 1977

girls
#1,538
70 births · 1 in 21,902 girls
boys
#44
7,277 births · 1 in 226 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #1,538Travis70

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #44Travis7,277
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 21,902 of them was named Travis, which outranked 86.4% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Travis
  1. #1,526Nickole71
  2. #1,526Rachell71
  3. #1,526Xochitl71
  4. #1,538Travis70
  5. #1,538Alysha70
  6. #1,538Brea70
  7. #1,538Detra70
  8. #1,559Alishia69
  9. #1,559Amberly69
  10. #1,559Anya69

Tied with 20 names at #1,538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 226 of them was named Travis, which outranked 99.4% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Travis
  1. #41Brandon8,272
  2. #42Bryan7,886
  3. #43Sean7,625
  4. #44Travis7,277
  5. #45Jose6,919
  6. #46Donald6,866
  7. #47Edward6,840
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →