Traven
Boy · TRAY-ven · Modern
Traven is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Traven mean?
Modern: invented name, perhaps from Travis
B. Traven was the pen name of the mysterious author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
- Say it
- TRAY-ven
Is Traven a girl's or a boy's name?
Traven is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Traven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Traven, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Traven in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 74 boys in the US were given Traven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,761, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Traven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,302 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Traven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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