How Many People Are Named Traves?
An estimated 291 people in the United States have the first name Traves. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 42 years old, and Traves peaked in popularity in 1979 with 28 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Traves as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Traves paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
291
About 1 in 1,177,850 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
42
years old
Peak Year
1979
28 births
Total Registered
306
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Traves
Traves is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 306 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Traves as a male name
Ranked #10,558 in 2006
7 male births in 2006
Peak: 1979 (28 births)
Traves: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Traves span from the 1960s to the 2000s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 133 babies were registered. Traves has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Traves by Decade
How has Traves tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Traves + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Traves as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Traves
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Traves: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Traves?
We estimate approximately 291 people named Traves are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,177,850 Americans share this first name.
Is Traves a common name?
Traves is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 306 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Traves most popular?
Traves reached peak popularity in 1979, when 28 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Traves is approximately 42 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Traves a male name?
Traves is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Traves Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Traves Smith, Traves Johnson, Traves Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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