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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #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 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #33 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 106 boysAKMaine: #32 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 109 boysMEVermont: #25 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 80 boysVTNew Hampshire: #41 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 124 boysNHWashington: #32 for boys · 299 births · 1 in 105 boysWAIdaho: #25 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 88 boysIDMontana: #23 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 83 boysMTNorth Dakota: #24 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 80 boysNDMinnesota: #35 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 114 boysMNIllinois: #56 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 268 boysILWisconsin: #36 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 114 boysWIMichigan: #48 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 207 boysMINew York: #67 for boys · 313 births · 1 in 373 boysNYMassachusetts: #92 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 668 boysMARhode Island: #74 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 415 boysRIOregon: #28 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 96 boysORNevada: #32 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 111 boysNVWyoming: #27 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 75 boysWYSouth Dakota: #20 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 68 boysSDIowa: #27 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 85 boysIAIndiana: #37 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 128 boysINOhio: #51 for boys · 370 births · 1 in 207 boysOHPennsylvania: #48 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 211 boysPANew Jersey: #65 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 386 boysNJConnecticut: #58 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 314 boysCTCalifornia: #47 for boys · 1,015 births · 1 in 209 boysCAUtah: #36 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 111 boysUTColorado: #35 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 116 boysCONebraska: #26 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 79 boysNEMissouri: #37 for boys · 299 births · 1 in 119 boysMOKentucky: #41 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 153 boysKYWest Virginia: #37 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 124 boysWVVirginia: #28 for boys · 327 births · 1 in 110 boysVAMaryland: #41 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 194 boysMDDelaware: #52 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 217 boysDEArizona: #36 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 151 boysAZNew Mexico: #63 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 248 boysNMKansas: #27 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 94 boysKSArkansas: #42 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 171 boysARTennessee: #33 for boys · 259 births · 1 in 121 boysTNNorth Carolina: #28 for boys · 353 births · 1 in 111 boysNCSouth Carolina: #18 for boys · 252 births · 1 in 82 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #69 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 303 boysDCOklahoma: #38 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 134 boysOKLouisiana: #27 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 133 boysLAMississippi: #46 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 215 boysMSAlabama: #46 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 219 boysALGeorgia: #36 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 157 boysGAHawaii: #25 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 105 boysHITexas: #43 for boys · 696 births · 1 in 205 boysTXFlorida: #31 for boys · 496 births · 1 in 144 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#18 · 1 in 82
  2. South Dakota#20 · 1 in 68
  3. Montana#23 · 1 in 83
  4. North Dakota#24 · 1 in 80
  5. Vermont#25 · 1 in 80

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#182521 in 82
South Dakota#20771 in 68
Montana#23701 in 83
North Dakota#24681 in 80
Hawaii#25671 in 105
Idaho#25871 in 88
Vermont#25411 in 80
Nebraska#261501 in 79
Iowa#272371 in 85
Kansas#271851 in 94
Louisiana#272701 in 133
Wyoming#27491 in 75
North Carolina#283531 in 111
Oregon#281941 in 96
Virginia#283271 in 110
Florida#314961 in 144
Maine#32671 in 109
Nevada#32551 in 111
Washington#322991 in 105
Alaska#33471 in 106
Tennessee#332591 in 121
Colorado#352151 in 116
Minnesota#352781 in 114
Arizona#361651 in 151
Georgia#362661 in 157
Utah#361581 in 111
Wisconsin#362981 in 114
Indiana#372961 in 128
Missouri#372991 in 119
West Virginia#37951 in 124
Oklahoma#381801 in 134
Kentucky#411611 in 153
Maryland#411381 in 194
New Hampshire#41521 in 124
Arkansas#42891 in 171
Texas#436961 in 205
Alabama#461161 in 219
Mississippi#46831 in 215
California#471,0151 in 209
Michigan#483081 in 207
Pennsylvania#483591 in 211
Ohio#513701 in 207
Delaware#52181 in 217
Illinois#563061 in 268
Connecticut#58611 in 314
New Mexico#63461 in 248
New Jersey#651151 in 386
New York#673131 in 373
District of Columbia#69251 in 303
Rhode Island#74141 in 415
Massachusetts#92561 in 668

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 1984

girls
#1,751
62 births · 1 in 27,158 girls
boys
#42
10,241 births · 1 in 176 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #1,751Travis62

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #42Travis10,241
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 27,158 of them was named Travis, which outranked 85.6% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Travis
  1. #1,726Tanna63
  2. #1,726Temeka63
  3. #1,726Tova63
  4. #1,751Travis62
  5. #1,751Ayanna62
  6. #1,751Carie62
  7. #1,751Christan62
  8. #1,771Amina61
  9. #1,771Cyndi61
  10. #1,771Dedra61

Tied with 19 names at #1,751; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 176 of them was named Travis, which outranked 99.4% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Travis
  1. #39Scott10,574
  2. #40Paul10,460
  3. #41Dustin10,403
  4. #42Travis10,241
  5. #43Sean10,024
  6. #44Gregory9,688
  7. #45Zachary9,065
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →