Travon
Masculine
Travon is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 6,650 boys against 28 girls since 1880.
Travon belongs to the American family of names built on a Tra- opening and a -von ending, both of which had strong runs in the last decades of the twentieth century.
How old is the name Travon?
Travon first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Travon alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 6,500 people named Travon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Travon most popular?
Travon peaked in 1995, reaching #527 nationally. Today it ranks #3513, 2,986 places below that high. See the whole 1995 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Travon
Ours, offered as ours. Trey is a genuine English word — the three in cards and dice, from the Old French for three — and it became an American name for a boy who was the third of his line. Travon takes that opening and joins it to the -von ending that a whole decade of American names shared. Neither piece was invented and the join was, which is a fair description of how most names in this family were made and worth saying rather than reaching for an etymology.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. The construction is documented: a Tra- opening related to Trey, from the card term for a three, and a -von ending shared with Javon, Devon and Kavon in American records of the same period.
Pronouncing Travon
TRAY-von
Two syllables, first stressed. Some families stress the second, tray-VON.
Nicknames for Travon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1967
- Most boys named
- 1995368 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #527reached in 1995
- Change vs 2024
- −3.0%32 in 2025, from 33
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Travon in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Virginia, California.
Travons among us
people named Travon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 53,377 born in 2025 was named Travon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Richie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Travon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Richie climbed just as high around 1964, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Richie's path sketches the road Travon is walking now.
Travon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Travon is headed
Travon is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Travon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Travon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Von is a complete short form in its own right.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- It belongs to a documented American naming tradition rather than standing alone.
- Travon, Trayvon and Trevon are all in use and none is dominant.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
- There is no documented meaning, only a construction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Travons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,500 people named Travon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Travon in 2025?
- Travon ranks #3513 among US boy names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Travon?
- About 1 in every 53,377 US boys born in 2025 was named Travon — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Travon with classmates?
- Travon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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