Boys' name · since 1968
Traves
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 306 babies named Traves, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,472 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 306
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
306 boys have been named Traves since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Traves has 306 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2006.
- #10,472 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 306 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Traves ranks #10,472 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 306 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,472 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 306
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Traves's 306 recorded births place it above 76.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Traves's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Traves splits its recorded history at 1985: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Traves popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2006
- Peak year (1979)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Traves by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (133 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Traves's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Traves births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
89 births
- 1980s
1980s
133 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 133 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Traves's decade-level peak was the 1980s (133 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2000s -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Traves: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1968–2006 (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 Traves 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.