Travis — #361 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Travis

The Social Security Administration has registered 307,827 babies named Travis between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Travis currently holds the #361 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 11,528 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Travis performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 102,929 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Travis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26,632 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Travis in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Travis 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 307,827 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.