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Travis

Boys' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~284,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#434 among boys
Births in 2025
732 310,687 since 1880
Typical age
38 years, median

Travis popularity over time

Travis rank by birth year, 1880–2025Travis ranked #526 in 1880 and #434 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #36, in 1979.#100#1,000#434best #36 in 197918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Travis in 1989 than in any other year — 11,575 of them. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 29 years put Travis in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #434, with 732 births that year. The ten-year change is -48%. It slipped 75 places against the previous year.

Babies named Travis per yearPeaks at 11,575 births in 1989.11,575 in 1989018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Travis?

Roughly 284,700 Traviss are alive in the US right now. That is out of 310,687 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Travis?

The typical living Travis is 38 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1980s. By the site’s era rules that makes Travis a late 20th-century name.

Your Travis

Ages of living people named TravisHalf of living Traviss are older than 38 and half younger.median 38020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Travis is most common

Relative to births, Mississippi carries 2.6× the national share of Traviss. Louisiana, South Carolina and Alabama follow.

Where Travis is used more than average5 states use the name Travis more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.6× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: 1.7× the national rateSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: 2.0× the national rateLAMississippi: 2.6× the national rateMSAlabama: 1.6× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Travis is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Mississippi 164 2.6×
Louisiana 229 2.0×
South Carolina 191 1.7×
Alabama 192 1.6×
Rhode Island 28 1.6×

Travis in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Travis ranked #627 in 2025 on 59 births. That is 35% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Travis comes from

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.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Travis

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Travis Barker American drummer 1975 48
Travis Fimmel Australian actor and model 1979 40
Travis Kelce American football player 1989 33
Travis Kalanick American entrepreneur 1976 25
Travis Pastrana American professional motorsports competitor and stunt performer 1983 24
Travis Van Winkle American actor 1982 23
Travis Willingham American voice actor 1981 23
Travis Stevens American judoka 1986 21
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 7,009 in 1978 to 11,111 in 1979 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Travis

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Travis was in 2025.

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