Traven — #12656 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Traven

The Social Security Administration has registered 806 babies named Traven between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Traven currently holds the #12656 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Traven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 334 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Traven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Traven in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Traven in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 806 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.