Marty
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
Given to boys 88.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 1,614 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 32,180since 1896
Marty over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #2,884 | 43 |
| 2024 | — | #2,595 | 51 | |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #2,848 | 44 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | #2,962 | 42 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #2,225 | 63 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #2,728 | 45 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #2,556 | 51 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #3,446 | 32 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #2,091 | 66 |
| 2016 | — | #2,885 | 41 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,864 | 41 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #2,492 | 50 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #2,763 | 42 |
| 2012 | — | #2,488 | 50 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,663 | 45 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,914 | 40 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,401 | 53 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #2,467 | 51 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #2,071 | 66 |
| 2006 | — | #2,542 | 47 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,237 | 53 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #2,316 | 49 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #1,987 | 58 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,723 | 67 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #1,677 | 69 |
| 2000 | — | #1,370 | 92 | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #1,560 | 71 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #1,288 | 93 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #1,386 | 79 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #1,112 | 107 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #1,172 | 97 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | #943 | 137 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #983 | 121 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #956 | 126 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #856 | 149 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #780 | 169 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #764 | 168 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | #684 | 189 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | #689 | 172 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #672 | 178 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #710 | 155 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #635 | 182 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #587 | 209 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #564 | 230 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | #545 | 240 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #481 | 307 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #445 | 333 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 | #433 | 338 |
| 1977 | #1,877 | 53 | #372 | 442 |
| 1976 | #1,883 | 48 | #349 | 480 |
| 1975 | #1,655 | 58 | #314 | 573 |
| 1974 | #1,369 | 75 | #300 | 617 |
| 1973 | #1,239 | 84 | #301 | 588 |
| 1972 | #1,414 | 69 | #303 | 613 |
| 1971 | #1,228 | 91 | #265 | 822 |
| 1970 | #1,126 | 104 | #251 | 918 |
| 1969 | #1,250 | 80 | #237 | 962 |
| 1968 | #1,133 | 89 | #224 | 1,005 |
| 1967 | #1,239 | 74 | #225 | 979 |
| 1966 | #1,153 | 85 | #223 | 976 |
| 1965 | #1,135 | 87 | #205 | 1,221 |
| 1964 | #1,026 | 110 | #196 | 1,446 |
| 1963 | #865 | 146 | #186 | 1,590 |
| 1962 | #960 | 122 | #186 | 1,614 |
| 1961 | #943 | 131 | #201 | 1,459 |
| 1960 | #980 | 119 | #195 | 1,535 |
| 1959 | #988 | 115 | #198 | 1,454 |
| 1958 | #878 | 134 | #198 | 1,416 |
| 1957 | #802 | 159 | #201 | 1,347 |
| 1956 | #875 | 130 | #229 | 1,013 |
| 1955 | #1,087 | 86 | #287 | 618 |
| 1954 | #1,180 | 72 | #348 | 422 |
| 1953 | #981 | 95 | #360 | 359 |
| 1952 | #935 | 98 | #414 | 279 |
| 1951 | #891 | 103 | #455 | 222 |
| 1950 | #978 | 86 | #498 | 179 |
| 1949 | #973 | 84 | #493 | 182 |
| 1948 | #896 | 94 | #516 | 163 |
| 1947 | #1,068 | 69 | #522 | 169 |
| 1946 | #970 | 74 | #529 | 146 |
| 1945 | #873 | 74 | #548 | 119 |
| 1944 | #971 | 64 | #642 | 92 |
| 1943 | #952 | 68 | #681 | 88 |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 | #693 | 86 |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 | #834 | 58 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 | #904 | 49 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 | #867 | 50 |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 | #921 | 47 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | #932 | 45 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #1,326 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #1,259 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | — | #2,152 | 14 | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Marty! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1902, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Marty is popular in 1969
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Tennessee#80 · 1 in 410
- North Carolina#108 · 1 in 586
- Wyoming#116 · 1 in 460
- South Dakota#116 · 1 in 537
- Oklahoma#119 · 1 in 605
Best ever in a state: #64 in South Dakota, 1964.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #80 | 83 | 1 in 410 |
| North Carolina | #108 | 75 | 1 in 586 |
| South Dakota | #116 | 9 | 1 in 537 |
| Wyoming | #116 | 5 | 1 in 460 |
| Oklahoma | #119 | 32 | 1 in 605 |
| Nebraska | #133 | 14 | 1 in 820 |
| Iowa | #140 | 24 | 1 in 944 |
| Alabama | #144 | 38 | 1 in 776 |
| Kentucky | #146 | 29 | 1 in 950 |
| South Carolina | #154 | 27 | 1 in 839 |
| Arkansas | #156 | 19 | 1 in 803 |
| Mississippi | #165 | 25 | 1 in 836 |
| North Dakota | #165 | 5 | 1 in 1,000 |
| Minnesota | #167 | 20 | 1 in 1,574 |
| Missouri | #177 | 32 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Montana | #178 | 5 | 1 in 991 |
| Kansas | #182 | 13 | 1 in 1,263 |
| Georgia | #187 | 38 | 1 in 1,125 |
| Wisconsin | #193 | 18 | 1 in 1,963 |
| Indiana | #194 | 30 | 1 in 1,502 |
| Washington | #206 | 18 | 1 in 1,528 |
| Louisiana | #207 | 30 | 1 in 1,139 |
| Virginia | #220 | 23 | 1 in 1,605 |
| West Virginia | #222 | 6 | 1 in 2,264 |
| Oregon | #230 | 9 | 1 in 1,748 |
| Michigan | #240 | 34 | 1 in 2,299 |
| Utah | #240 | 6 | 1 in 1,842 |
| Ohio | #243 | 36 | 1 in 2,562 |
| New Mexico | #257 | 7 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Colorado | #263 | 9 | 1 in 2,062 |
| Illinois | #271 | 38 | 1 in 2,423 |
| Texas | #271 | 66 | 1 in 1,654 |
| Florida | #287 | 22 | 1 in 2,285 |
| Arizona | #292 | 8 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Pennsylvania | #346 | 16 | 1 in 5,661 |
| California | #351 | 53 | 1 in 3,279 |
| Maryland | #376 | 5 | 1 in 5,676 |
| New York | #501 | 18 | 1 in 8,401 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Marty
- 289 spots since 2024 (#2,595 → #2,884)
- 156 spots since 2020 (#2,728 → #2,884)
- 20 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #2,884)
- Biggest jump: 163 spots in 1937 (#1,095 → #932)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1905 (#874 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1962 at #186 (1,614 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1937–1994
- Highest: 1 in 1,277 boys born in 1963 were named Marty (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 39,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #186 in 1962, was only 1 in 1,282 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 39.7% of all boys named Marty (12,787) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #982 (1896) | #982 |
| 1900s | 33 | #846 (1903) | #1,086 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,479 (1917) | #1,860 |
| 1920s | 177 | #1,564 (1929) | #1,948 |
| 1930s | 347 | #867 (1939) | #1,153 |
| 1940s | 1,152 | #493 (1949) | #636 |
| 1950s | 7,309 | #198 (1959) | #319 |
| 1960s | 12,787 | #186 (1962) | #208 |
| 1970s | 5,724 | #251 (1970) | #333 |
| 1980s | 2,030 | #481 (1980) | #633 |
| 1990s | 1,149 | #780 (1990) | #1,104 |
| 2000s | 605 | #1,370 (2000) | #2,079 |
| 2010s | 458 | #2,091 (2017) | #2,716 |
| 2020s | 288 | #2,225 (2021) | #2,707 |
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.
Marty in 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 21,088 of them was named Marty, which outranked 85.6% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,242Marietta81
- #1,242Sabrena81
- #1,242Tarsha81
- #1,250Marty80
- #1,250Alina80
- #1,250Evangeline80
- #1,250Nathalie80
- #1,259Becki79
- #1,259Candie79
- #1,259Estela79
Tied with 8 names at #1,250; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 1,859 of them was named Marty, which outranked 95.3% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.