Travis
Travis was given to 732 boys in 2025, #434 among boys’ names; 310,687 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 282,000 Americans named Travis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 32 and 47.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Travis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Travis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Travis is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “to cross over,” (meaning).
From an Old French word meaning “to cross over,” related to traverse. Probably a name for a gatekeeper or the toll collector of a bridge.
/ˈtɹævɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Travis?
#434 among boys’ names, 2025
Travis fell from #257 in 2015 to #434 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.73 to 0.43 per 1,000.
11,575 babies in 1989, the peak
Travis peaked in 1989, when 11,575 babies were given it (11,526 boys, #41 among boys’ names). The 732 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 732 | #434 | 0.43 |
| 2024 | 923 | #360 | 0.54 |
| 2023 | 848 | #379 | 0.50 |
| 2022 | 849 | #382 | 0.49 |
| 2021 | 850 | #380 | 0.49 |
| 2020 | 965 | #338 | 0.56 |
| 2019 | 1,032 | #322 | 0.58 |
| 2018 | 1,077 | #314 | 0.59 |
| 2017 | 1,168 | #303 | 0.63 |
| 2016 | 1,314 | #276 | 0.69 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,404 | #257 | 0.73 |
| 2014 | 1,491 | #253 | 0.78 |
| 2013 | 1,585 | #232 | 0.84 |
| 2012 | 1,758 | #212 | 0.93 |
| 2011 | 1,943 | #190 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | 2,126 | #178 | 1.1 |
| 2009 | 2,198 | #177 | 1.1 |
| 2008 | 2,232 | #177 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 2,404 | #170 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | 2,599 | #162 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | 2,368 | #175 | 1.2 |
| 2004 | 2,461 | #166 | 1.2 |
| 2003 | 2,541 | #159 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 2,702 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 2,943 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | 3,289 | #115 | 1.7 |
| 1999 | 3,608 | #102 | 1.9 |
| 1998 | 3,924 | #98 | 2.1 |
| 1997 | 4,684 | #81 | 2.5 |
| 1996 | 5,159 | #73 | 2.7 |
| 1995 | 5,602 | #66 | 2.9 |
| 1994 | 6,800 | #53 | 3.5 |
| 1993 | 7,940 | #50 | 4.0 |
| 1992 | 8,895 | #48 | 4.5 |
| 1991 | 10,134 | #44 | 5.0 |
| 1990 | 11,462 | #42 | 5.6 |
| 1989 | 11,526 | #41 | 5.8 |
| 1988 | 11,423 | #41 | 6.0 |
| 1987 | 10,397 | #42 | 5.6 |
| 1986 | 8,480 | #49 | 4.6 |
| 1985 | 9,094 | #46 | 4.9 |
| 1984 | 10,241 | #42 | 5.7 |
| 1983 | 10,478 | #41 | 5.8 |
| 1982 | 10,415 | #39 | 5.7 |
| 1981 | 10,109 | #40 | 5.6 |
| 1980 | 10,764 | #37 | 6.0 |
| 1979 | 11,037 | #36 | 6.4 |
| 1978 | 6,953 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1977 | 7,277 | #44 | 4.4 |
| 1976 | 6,832 | #46 | 4.4 |
| 1975 | 5,961 | #51 | 3.8 |
| 1974 | 5,702 | #54 | 3.6 |
| 1973 | 5,868 | #53 | 3.8 |
| 1972 | 5,136 | #57 | 3.2 |
| 1971 | 5,016 | #61 | 2.8 |
| 1970 | 4,321 | #69 | 2.3 |
| 1969 | 2,862 | #113 | 1.6 |
| 1968 | 2,063 | #141 | 1.2 |
| 1967 | 1,602 | #166 | 0.92 |
| 1966 | 1,299 | #189 | 0.73 |
| 1965 | 1,076 | #222 | 0.58 |
| 1964 | 1,024 | #235 | 0.51 |
| 1963 | 888 | #258 | 0.44 |
| 1962 | 652 | #302 | 0.32 |
| 1961 | 585 | #324 | 0.28 |
| 1960 | 549 | #330 | 0.26 |
| 1959 | 504 | #347 | 0.24 |
| 1958 | 435 | #372 | 0.20 |
| 1957 | 353 | #415 | 0.16 |
| 1956 | 384 | #384 | 0.18 |
| 1955 | 356 | #380 | 0.17 |
| 1954 | 360 | #370 | 0.18 |
| 1953 | 383 | #354 | 0.19 |
| 1952 | 366 | #355 | 0.19 |
| 1951 | 374 | #354 | 0.20 |
| 1950 | 383 | #344 | 0.21 |
| 1949 | 373 | #350 | 0.21 |
| 1948 | 373 | #348 | 0.21 |
| 1947 | 408 | #338 | 0.22 |
| 1946 | 406 | #320 | 0.25 |
| 1945 | 307 | #344 | 0.23 |
| 1944 | 334 | #331 | 0.25 |
| 1943 | 315 | #348 | 0.22 |
| 1942 | 359 | #320 | 0.26 |
| 1941 | 350 | #310 | 0.28 |
| 1940 | 355 | #295 | 0.31 |
| 1939 | 353 | #296 | 0.32 |
| 1938 | 354 | #291 | 0.32 |
| 1937 | 320 | #302 | 0.30 |
| 1936 | 335 | #295 | 0.32 |
| 1935 | 345 | #294 | 0.33 |
| 1934 | 364 | #282 | 0.35 |
| 1933 | 295 | #313 | 0.30 |
| 1932 | 282 | #329 | 0.27 |
| 1931 | 286 | #325 | 0.28 |
| 1930 | 254 | #361 | 0.23 |
| 1929 | 273 | #338 | 0.25 |
| 1928 | 243 | #375 | 0.22 |
| 1927 | 256 | #365 | 0.23 |
| 1926 | 217 | #406 | 0.20 |
| 1925 | 241 | #386 | 0.22 |
| 1924 | 246 | #383 | 0.22 |
| 1923 | 237 | #386 | 0.22 |
| 1922 | 262 | #373 | 0.24 |
| 1921 | 246 | #386 | 0.22 |
| 1920 | 240 | #386 | 0.23 |
| 1919 | 232 | #383 | 0.24 |
| 1918 | 244 | #382 | 0.24 |
| 1917 | 205 | #395 | 0.22 |
| 1916 | 189 | #405 | 0.21 |
| 1915 | 160 | #427 | 0.19 |
| 1914 | 150 | #389 | 0.23 |
| 1913 | 109 | #414 | 0.21 |
| 1912 | 77 | #449 | 0.18 |
| 1911 | 40 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1910 | 31 | #511 | 0.16 |
| 1909 | 32 | #452 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 25 | #512 | 0.16 |
| 1907 | 21 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 17 | #588 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 21 | #506 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 19 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 10 | #779 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 16 | #553 | 0.13 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,050 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 27 | #443 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 11 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 7 | #991 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 12 | #646 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 10 | #775 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 10 | #735 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 8 | #849 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 8 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 13 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1891 | 9 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 9 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 7 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 11 | #599 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 11 | #601 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 10 | #657 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 9 | #673 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 10 | #649 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 12 | #564 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Travis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Travis has been given almost only to boys: 2,116 girls in 144 years of records.
Girls and boys named Travis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Travis, and how old are they?
282,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 310,687 Americans ever recorded as Travis. The median Travis alive today is 39 years old; half are between 32 and 47.
The 2020 Census counted 248,557 people named Travis (716 women and girls, 247,841 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 283,628 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,220 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,430 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 76,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 141,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 43,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 14,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Travis born?
The states with the most babies named Travis are Texas, California and Florida, with 28% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 89 | #402 | 1.0× |
| California | 68 | #471 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 41 | #456 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 32 | #363 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 31 | #362 | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 30 | #299 | 0.4× |
| New York | 27 | #580 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 27 | #426 | 1.2× |
| Virginia | 25 | #342 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 23 | #467 | 0.8× |
Where Travis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Travis is most over-represented in South Dakota: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Travis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 312,198 babies since 1880, Travis is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 732 of their 732 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Travis
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Cory | 133,778 | |
| Kristopher | 63,548 | |
| Jarrod | 25,351 | |
| Corey | 194,076 | |
| Derek | 239,969 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Travis and names like it
- Compare Travis and TarvisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sTravis peaked in 1989.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Travis since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Travis: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1989The year the most babies were named Travis.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Travis alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with TMost given first.