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Travis

Gender
Boy
Say it
TRAV-is
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#639 for boys
US rank, 2025
#434 for boys

Travis is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “toll collector at a crossing”. In 2025 it ranked 639th for boys in the UK (65 babies) and 434th for boys in the US (732 babies).

What does Travis mean?

English: occupational surname, from Old French traverser

“toll collector at a crossing”

From an English surname for a collector of tolls at a bridge or crossing, from Old French traverser, to cross.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Travis a girl's or a boy's name?

Travis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 boys in the UK and 732 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Travis in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#639among boys
Babies in 2025
65about 1 in 4,600 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 65 boys in the UK were named Travis, making it the 639th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 419th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 402 boys.

2025 had the fewest boys named Travis since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Travis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 627th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 402 in 20002025
Travis in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202565#639
2024113#407
202395#458
202272#583
2021106#443
2020112#419
2019158#331
2018155#341
2017188#304
2016191#299
2015215#267
2014213#268
2013229#248
2012263#223
2011268#214
2010251#225
2009198#253
2008198#248
2007194#243
2006262#189
2005227#200
2004203#207
2003290#165
2002301#151
2001318#142
2000402#125
1999138#243
1998156#231
1997172#210
1996211#174

How popular is Travis in the US?

Rank in 2025
#434among boys
Babies in 2025
732about 1 in 2,300 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 732 boys in the US were named Travis, making it the 434th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 337th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 11,526 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Travis than any year since 1962.

Half of all the boys named Travis in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 11,526 in 19892025
Travis in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025732#434
2024923#359
2023848#379
2022849#382
2021850#380
2020965#337
20191,032#322
20181,077#314
20171,168#302
20161,314#276
20151,404#257
20141,491#253
20131,585#232
20121,758#212
20111,943#190
20102,126#178
20092,198#177
20082,232#177
20072,404#170
20062,599#162
20052,368#175
20042,461#166
20032,541#159
20022,702#144
20012,943#134
20003,289#115
19993,608#102
19983,924#98
19974,684#81
19965,159#73
19955,602#66
19946,800#53
19937,940#50
19928,895#48
199110,134#44
199011,462#42
198911,526#41
198811,423#41
198710,397#42
19868,480#49
19859,094#46
198410,241#42
198310,478#41
198210,415#39
198110,109#40
198010,764#37
197911,037#36
19786,953#46
19777,277#44
19766,832#46
19755,961#51
19745,702#54
19735,868#53
19725,136#57
19715,016#61
19704,321#69
19692,862#113
19682,063#141
19671,602#166
19661,299#189
19651,076#222
19641,024#235
1963888#257
1962652#302
1961585#324
1960549#330
1959504#347
1958435#372
1957353#414
1956384#383
1955356#379
1954360#370
1953383#354
1952366#354
1951374#354
1950383#343
1949373#349
1948373#348
1947408#338
1946406#319
1945307#344
1944334#331
1943315#348
1942359#320
1941350#310
1940355#295
1939353#295
1938354#291
1937320#301
1936335#295
1935345#293
1934364#281
1933295#313
1932282#328
1931286#324
1930254#361
1929273#337
1928243#374
1927256#365
1926217#406
1925241#384
1924246#382
1923237#386
1922262#373
1921246#385
1920240#386
1919232#381
1918244#382
1917205#393
1916189#405
1915160#427
1914150#387
1913109#413
191277#446
191140#461
191031#501
190932#449
190825#499
190721#511
190617#568
190521#491
190419#492
190310#734
190216#536
19016#942
190027#430
189911#613
18987#884
189712#615
189610#722
189510#685
18948#786
18938#768
189213#571
18919#635
18909#667
18897#789
18886#917
18870–
188611#578
188511#577
188410#613
18839#644
188210#611
18810–
188012#526

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Travis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/travis, updated 20 October 2026.