Martin

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #335 for boys in 2025, 1,009 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 357 births
Debut · boys
357 births
In top 100 · boys
91 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
315,561
since 1880

Martin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #44, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3351,009
2024#3071,105
2023#2881,152
2022#3031,108
2021#3001,103
2020#2931,168
2019#2811,253
2018#2721,296
2017#2821,283
2016#2581,396
2015#2751,344
2014#16,5135#2591,434
2013#2651,346
2012#2651,350
2011#2621,321
2010#2571,333
2009#2341,526
2008#2211,700
2007#15,4916#2081,881
2006#17,1685#1991,942
2005#11,8348#2061,836
2004#2031,858
2003#1981,889
2002#12,1877#1921,959
2001#15,3525#1822,061
2000#1752,110
1999#1732,036
1998#14,1225#1652,068
1997#9,0179#1552,230
1996#9,5818#1522,282
1995#6,25714#1472,398
1994#6,67213#1352,594
1993#4,52422#1242,818
1992#5,71816#1182,932
1991#5,94915#1152,893
1990#3,90926#1133,080
1989#4,52220#1172,797
1988#4,49619#1162,652
1987#3,10130#1182,406
1986#2,62037#1192,377
1985#3,62123#1322,136
1984#3,72621#1262,136
1983#4,47616#1222,175
1982#3,09328#1262,169
1981#4,00519#1272,151
1980#3,60922#1232,227
1979#3,33324#1332,019
1978#3,77719#1262,050
1977#3,17624#1252,155
1976#4,36314#1182,168
1975#4,14115#1192,162
1974#3,42619#1092,371
1973#3,63517#1082,399
1972#3,06221#1172,421
1971#3,65217#1053,022
1970#3,31119#933,500
1969#2,84422#783,758
1968#2,36027#684,073
1967#2,70621#803,834
1966#2,58622#784,210
1965#2,34526#674,932
1964#2,10932#635,727
1963#2,96018#626,073
1962#2,81419#745,538
1961#2,75220#735,476
1960#3,21215#775,495
1959#3,10415#795,353
1958#3,54312#715,669
1957#2,56320#695,965
1956#3,69611#735,682
1955#2,47220#775,068
1954#2,59218#794,968
1953#3,48011#824,778
1952#2,92114#804,735
1951#3,28411#814,596
1950#3,23511#854,180
1949#3,39310#833,903
1948#3,13711#883,698
1947#2,89813#903,724
1946#3,6658#923,333
1945#3,6767#902,823
1944#2,94610#912,767
1943#3,2499#833,081
1942#3,4448#853,045
1941#2,84610#852,605
1940#2,73710#852,423
1939#2,41712#912,192
1938#3,1818#872,313
1937#2,31713#872,278
1936#2,26313#922,106
1935#2,09515#932,116
1934#2,28913#912,178
1933#2,16114#892,064
1932#1,87718#882,255
1931#2,42712#912,103
1930#2,11016#832,322
1929#1,55525#832,308
1928#2,09417#832,428
1927#1,88521#872,383
1926#2,07618#802,493
1925#2,61713#832,417
1924#2,40915#822,452
1923#2,26416#802,460
1922#2,61213#802,402
1921#2,37815#782,461
1920#3,09710#782,439
1919#2,26415#812,204
1918#812,403
1917#3,7137#772,336
1916#2,65811#812,122
1915#1,96416#792,070
1914#1,81814#731,676
1913#2,03410#751,259
1912#2,1448#751,064
1911#1,7928#75567
1910#1,9357#86396
1909#1,9576#79391
1908#83331
1907#1,8216#79329
1906#75334
1905#75332
1904#71334
1903#77283
1902#72325
1901#1,6795#64304
1900#70383
1899#72260
1898#1,3797#63339
1897#60312
1896#61343
1895#65317
1894#66299
1893#61347
1892#61359
1891#56331
1890#1,3385#57347
1889#53367
1888#54378
1887#1,1475#51331
1886#58329
1885#49357
1884#48385
1883#46377
1882#48387
1881#46327
1880#44357
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Martin was already there! It came in at #44, and was given to 357 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1908, when fewer than 390 boys a year got the name.

See more about Martin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#307#335)
  • 42 spots since 2020 (#293#335)
  • 60 spots since 2015 (#275#335)
  • Biggest jump: 17 spots in 2016 (#275#258)
  • Biggest drop: 28 spots in 2025 (#307#335)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #44 (357 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 91 yrs · run 1880–1970
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 278
  • Highest: 1 in 278 boys born in 1883 were named Martin (0.36%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,693 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
  • Its best rank, #44 in 1880, was only 1 in 309 (0.32%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 16.2% of all boys named Martin (50,994) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,595#44 (1880)#50
1890s3,254#56 (1891)#62
1900s3,346#64 (1901)#75
1910s16,097#73 (1914)#78
1920s24,243#78 (1921)#81
1930s21,927#83 (1930)#89
1940s31,402#83 (1949)#87
1950s50,994#69 (1957)#78
1960s49,116#62 (1963)#72
1970s24,267#93 (1970)#115
1980s23,226#116 (1988)#123
1990s25,331#113 (1990)#140
2000s18,762#175 (2000)#202
2010s13,356#257 (2010)#268
2020s6,645#288 (2023)#304

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Martin in 1963

girls
#2,960
18 births · 1 in 107,084 girls
boys
#62
6,073 births · 1 in 334 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #2,960Martin18

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #62Martin6,073
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 107,084 of them was named Martin, which outranked 61.4% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Martin
  1. #2,864Verona19
  2. #2,864Wesley19
  3. #2,864Zulema19
  4. #2,960Martin18
  5. #2,960Alesha18
  6. #2,960Ariane18
  7. #2,960Armanda18
  8. #3,066Aleida17
  9. #3,066Allen17
  10. #3,066Alysa17

Tied with 105 names at #2,960; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 631Zena#1,323#692
  2. 623Zina#992#369
  3. 540Trisha#1,020#480
  4. 457Shirl#1,304#847
  5. 396Glynis#992#596
Fallers
  1. 1,195Marnita#727#1,922
  2. 255Velvet#623#878
  3. 235Delphine#904#1,139
  4. 224Rosita#934#1,158
  5. 197Lindy#885#1,082

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 334 of them was named Martin, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Martin
  1. #59Chris6,328
  2. #60Gerald6,156
  3. #61Vincent6,152
  4. #62Martin6,073
  5. #63Wayne6,031
  6. #64Glenn5,977
  7. #65Randall5,972
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 1,551Tal#2,364#813
  2. 1,141Jaimie#1,962#821
  3. 540Stoney#1,038#498
  4. 364Pamela#1,311#947
  5. 331Giovanni#1,242#911
Fallers
  1. 324Olin#871#1,195
  2. 295Enoch#984#1,279
  3. 285Rand#953#1,238
  4. 283Vernell#996#1,279
  5. 269Bentley#926#1,195

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963