Travers comes from the English / French tradition, meaning A Collector of Toll.
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How popular is Travers?
1980peak year
Travers has an uneven popularity history in U.S. records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #11335), with about 6 babies named Travers each year. In 1980, 20 babies received the name (ranked #2531). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 395.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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