Travis

A boys’ name of Old French origin, meaning crossroads or toll collector.

Babies a year
1,161
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#434
down from #361
UK popularity
#627
59 babies · down from #427

How Travis has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#221#346#471201520202025#434

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#258
2016#277
2017#302
2018#314
2019#323
2020#339
2021#381
2022#383
2023#379
2024#361
2025#434

Travis by the numbers

In 2025, 59 babies in England and Wales were named Travis. In the US, 1,161 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 11,523 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

At its height, in 1980, about 1 in 170 American boys born that year was called Travis.

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Travis as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Travis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tavisa form of Tavistock or Tavish9 in the US (2017)
  • Trevisthree forks; a form of Travis6 in the US (2017)
  • Travin5 in the US (2017)
  • Taavibeloved; a form of David17 in the US (2017)
  • Tavishtwin; a form of Thomas9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tracipath, track; a form of Tracy9 in the US (2017)

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