boys:
801 births since 1974
#3786 (17th percentile)
overall:
801 births since 1974
#6938 (10th percentile)
The name Traven is the #6,938 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 801 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 10.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,786 (17.4% percentile) for all time with 801 births since 1974.
Traven first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (first recorded for boys in 1974). Birth data for Traven is available in 39 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Traven reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #845) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 19 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Traven ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 19.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Traven".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Traven. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.7% confident that Traven is pronounced as TRAY-vuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TRAY-vihn, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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