Travis: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced TRAV-is · 2 syllables

Travis means “to cross over”, from French.

From an Old French word meaning "to cross over," related to traverse. Probably a name for a gatekeeper or the toll collector of a bridge.

How popular is Travis?

Travis was the #434 name in the US in 2025, given to 732 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 49% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Travis in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Travis are older than 41; most are between 23 and 58. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Travis have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Travis means “to cross over”. It comes from French.

Travis is pronounced TRAV-is.

Travis was the #434 name in the US in 2025, given to 732 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 49% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Travis are older than 41. Most are between 23 and 58.