Travis

What Travis means

Means “to cross over”

From an Old French word meaning "to cross over," related to traverse.

Source: Wiktionary, “Travis” (revision 94544160), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Travis?

US: Falling: down from #257 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #273 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1979, when 11,037 boys got the name (#36 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,333 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,609 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.48 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.91 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.83 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Travis is #434 in the US and #627 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Travis were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Trevis6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Travis

Boys

• Keith#800“wood”^*
• Corey#778possibly “troop, host, company”^*
• Douglas#807“black + stream”^*
• Curtis#984“polite, courteous”^*
• Taylor#683From the word “tailor”^*
• Scott#534Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1971, with 30,901 babies; 561 in 2025

For a sister

• Tiffany#878Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1988, with 18,364 babies; 304 in 2025
• Kelsey#814Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #343 in 2015, #814 in 2025
• Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025
• Lacey#738Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 2,399 babies; 370 in 2025
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Kimberly#302Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #108 in 2015, #302 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Travis’s. Rank is US 2025.