Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Travell

#5,284 most common boys' name of all time · #13,124 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among boys
#5,284
Rank overall
#13,124 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
857
Since 2016
86
Peak year
1994 #2,333
Best rank
#2,294 1988
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
198020002020

Travell first appears in 1968. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,320
2024 — 10 10 #7,899
2022 — 5 5 #12,669
2021 — 11 11 #7,211
2020 — 8 8 #8,911
2019 — 12 12 #6,886
2018 — 14 14 #6,125
2017 — 10 10 #7,709
2016 — 11 11 #7,278
2015 — 13 13 #6,408
2014 — 19 19 #4,928
2013 — 11 11 #7,158
2012 — 14 14 #6,073
2011 — 10 10 #7,648
2010 — 19 19 #4,913
2009 — 24 24 #4,203
2008 — 17 17 #5,307
2007 — 30 30 #3,545
2006 — 28 28 #3,636
2005 — 25 25 #3,753
2004 — 19 19 #4,491
2003 — 21 21 #4,027
2002 — 20 20 #4,103
2001 — 21 21 #3,896
2000 — 18 18 #4,277
1999 — 25 25 #3,227
1998 — 19 19 #3,775
1997 — 21 21 #3,397
1996 — 27 27 #2,791
1995 — 21 21 #3,257
1994 — 34 34 #2,333
1993 — 29 29 #2,556
1992 — 28 28 #2,573
1991 — 26 26 #2,657
1990 — 24 24 #2,748
1989 — 22 22 #2,855
1988 — 27 27 #2,294
1987 — 14 14 #3,456
1986 — 21 21 #2,577
1985 — 13 13 #3,542
1984 — 12 12 #3,614
1983 — 15 15 #3,024
1981 — 10 10 #4,051
1980 — 7 7 #5,274
1979 — 10 10 #3,978
1978 — 8 8 #4,416
1977 — 9 9 #4,046
1975 — 9 9 #3,870
1974 — 7 7 #4,509
1973 — 6 6 #4,928
1972 — 7 7 #4,327
1971 — 6 6 #4,794
1968 — 5 5 #4,738