Trayvon

Where Trayvon comes from

Trayvon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1976
    First appearance
    #5,587 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Trayvon Martin born
    African-American teenager shot in 2012, which was followed by a debate and protests regarding racism in the US
  3. 1995
    Trayvon Bromell born
    American sprinter
  4. 1995
    Peak, #766
    197 babies named Trayvon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,451.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Trayvon Bromell · American sprinter, born 1995
  • Trayvon Martin · African-American teenager shot in 2012, which was followed by a debate and protests regarding racism in the US, 1995–2012
  • Trayvon Robinson · Major League Baseball left fielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, born 1987
  • Trayvon Palmer · American basketball player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.