Boys' name · since 1914
Travers
395 babies named Travers in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,097 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 395
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
395 boys have been named Travers since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Travers recorded 395 times among boys since 1914, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2021.
- #9,097 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 395 born since 1914
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Travers ranks #9,097 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 395 born since 1914, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,097 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 395
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Travers's 395 recorded births place it above 79.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Travers's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Travers splits its recorded history at 1985: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Travers popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2021
- Peak year (1980)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Travers by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (124 births, 31% of the file).
1970s was Travers's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Travers births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 16
1910s
16 births
- 1920s 8
1920s
8 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
124 births
- 1980s
1980s
118 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 35
2010s
35 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 124 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Travers's data
- Travers's decade-level peak was the 1970s (124 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Travers: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~107 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Travers draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.