first name
TRAVIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 248,557 people named Travis, 78.6% reported their origin as White, 11.6% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Travis peaked in 1989, when 11,575 babies got the name.
At least 310,687 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Travis by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #73. The largest share of babies named Travis, 48%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Travis is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Travis has been most common in Alaska (2.6×), Wyoming (2.5×), and Idaho (2.1×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.39×).
306,248 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Travis
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Travis, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Travis ranks #1,041 of 156,621, with 33,156 people. See Travis as a last name
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