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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #35 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 119 boysAKMaine: #46 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 144 boysMEVermont: #36 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 109 boysVTNew Hampshire: #45 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 140 boysNHWashington: #40 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 145 boysWAIdaho: #31 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 110 boysIDMontana: #32 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 108 boysMTNorth Dakota: #28 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 92 boysNDMinnesota: #30 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 108 boysMNIllinois: #52 for boys · 332 births · 1 in 264 boysILWisconsin: #35 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 127 boysWIMichigan: #35 for boys · 528 births · 1 in 130 boysMINew York: #58 for boys · 482 births · 1 in 279 boysNYMassachusetts: #70 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 371 boysMARhode Island: #66 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 311 boysRIOregon: #37 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 132 boysORNevada: #30 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 124 boysNVWyoming: #23 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 91 boysWYSouth Dakota: #33 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 106 boysSDIowa: #35 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 132 boysIAIndiana: #42 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 153 boysINOhio: #45 for boys · 441 births · 1 in 181 boysOHPennsylvania: #53 for boys · 378 births · 1 in 212 boysPANew Jersey: #67 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 347 boysNJConnecticut: #73 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 365 boysCTCalifornia: #76 for boys · 930 births · 1 in 310 boysCAUtah: #34 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 126 boysUTColorado: #40 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 160 boysCONebraska: #33 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 115 boysNEMissouri: #43 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 163 boysMOKentucky: #29 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 105 boysKYWest Virginia: #29 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 96 boysWVVirginia: #32 for boys · 373 births · 1 in 113 boysVAMaryland: #45 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 180 boysMDDelaware: #56 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 234 boysDEArizona: #51 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 208 boysAZNew Mexico: #49 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 195 boysNMKansas: #40 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 161 boysKSArkansas: #45 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 178 boysARTennessee: #38 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 159 boysTNNorth Carolina: #32 for boys · 349 births · 1 in 132 boysNCSouth Carolina: #31 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 125 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #55 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 239 boysDCOklahoma: #38 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 145 boysOKLouisiana: #43 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 180 boysLAMississippi: #48 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 233 boysMSAlabama: #54 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 226 boysALGeorgia: #40 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 174 boysGAHawaii: #29 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 109 boysHITexas: #43 for boys · 776 births · 1 in 198 boysTXFlorida: #36 for boys · 573 births · 1 in 155 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#23 · 1 in 91
  2. North Dakota#28 · 1 in 92
  3. West Virginia#29 · 1 in 96
  4. Kentucky#29 · 1 in 105
  5. Hawaii#29 · 1 in 109

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#23261 in 91
North Dakota#28461 in 92
Hawaii#29641 in 109
Kentucky#292361 in 105
West Virginia#291081 in 96
Minnesota#302861 in 108
Nevada#30741 in 124
Idaho#31631 in 110
South Carolina#311861 in 125
Montana#32411 in 108
North Carolina#323491 in 132
Virginia#323731 in 113
Nebraska#33921 in 115
South Dakota#33431 in 106
Utah#341311 in 126
Alaska#35371 in 119
Iowa#351361 in 132
Michigan#355281 in 130
Wisconsin#352581 in 127
Florida#365731 in 155
Vermont#36291 in 109
Oregon#371491 in 132
Oklahoma#381431 in 145
Tennessee#382221 in 159
Colorado#401521 in 160
Georgia#402801 in 174
Kansas#401001 in 161
Washington#402481 in 145
Indiana#422611 in 153
Louisiana#431721 in 180
Missouri#432281 in 163
Texas#437761 in 198
Arkansas#45841 in 178
Maryland#451821 in 180
New Hampshire#45511 in 140
Ohio#454411 in 181
Maine#46511 in 144
Mississippi#48721 in 233
New Mexico#49591 in 195
Arizona#511461 in 208
Illinois#523321 in 264
Pennsylvania#533781 in 212
Alabama#541171 in 226
District of Columbia#55331 in 239
Delaware#56201 in 234
New York#584821 in 279
Rhode Island#66211 in 311
New Jersey#671541 in 347
Massachusetts#701121 in 371
Connecticut#73591 in 365
California#769301 in 310

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 1991

girls
#3,633
29 births · 1 in 64,655 girls
boys
#44
10,134 births · 1 in 199 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #3,633Travis29

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #44Travis10,134
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 64,655 of them was named Travis, which outranked 76.5% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Travis
  1. #3,540Trana30
  2. #3,540Trang30
  3. #3,540Willa30
  4. #3,633Travis29
  5. #3,633Alexius29
  6. #3,633Alvina29
  7. #3,633Amberlynn29
  8. #3,722Aidee28
  9. #3,722Amrita28
  10. #3,722Anaiz28

Tied with 88 names at #3,633; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 199 of them was named Travis, which outranked 99.5% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Travis
  1. #41Stephen10,525
  2. #42Nathan10,500
  3. #43Jeremy10,403
  4. #44Travis10,134
  5. #45Jeffrey9,894
  6. #46Dylan9,763
  7. #47Mark9,684
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →