as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a Norman French occupational name (from traverser ‘to cross’) for someone who collected a toll from users of a bridge or a particular stretch of road. It is now widely used as a given name, especially in the United States.
| 282nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 190,895
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 288,541
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Travis per capita
- 1979
- marked the height of its popularity
0.10%
99.90%
2%
55+
55+
38%
30-54
30-54
42%
13-29
13-29
18%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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