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

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Peak · boys
1962 · 1,614 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
32,180
since 1896

Marty over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #802, 1957peak #186, 1962girlsboys
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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#7,88513#2,88443
2024#2,59551
2023#7,64014#2,84844
2022#6,70717#2,96242
2021#15,2515#2,22563
2020#12,1427#2,72845
2019#9,11211#2,55651
2018#11,4278#3,44632
2017#7,84014#2,09166
2016#2,88541
2015#2,86441
2014#14,5586#2,49250
2013#11,0009#2,76342
2012#2,48850
2011#2,66345
2010#2,91440
2009#2,40153
2008#17,5045#2,46751
2007#15,4916#2,07166
2006#2,54247
2005#2,23753
2004#16,0995#2,31649
2003#13,8446#1,98758
2002#15,4325#1,72367
2001#10,1029#1,67769
2000#1,37092
1999#12,6886#1,56071
1998#12,4266#1,28893
1997#7,28312#1,38679
1996#7,13012#1,112107
1995#13,3865#1,17297
1994#4,37623#943137
1993#6,26414#983121
1992#11,7386#956126
1991#13,1475#856149
1990#5,06018#780169
1989#8,7618#764168
1988#4,65318#684189
1987#3,74323#689172
1986#6,15611#672178
1985#3,85221#710155
1984#6,8109#635182
1983#5,45712#587209
1982#4,71615#564230
1981#3,25326#545240
1980#3,31825#481307
1979#3,54122#445333
1978#1,86253#433338
1977#1,87753#372442
1976#1,88348#349480
1975#1,65558#314573
1974#1,36975#300617
1973#1,23984#301588
1972#1,41469#303613
1971#1,22891#265822
1970#1,126104#251918
1969#1,25080#237962
1968#1,13389#2241,005
1967#1,23974#225979
1966#1,15385#223976
1965#1,13587#2051,221
1964#1,026110#1961,446
1963#865146#1861,590
1962#960122#1861,614
1961#943131#2011,459
1960#980119#1951,535
1959#988115#1981,454
1958#878134#1981,416
1957#802159#2011,347
1956#875130#2291,013
1955#1,08786#287618
1954#1,18072#348422
1953#98195#360359
1952#93598#414279
1951#891103#455222
1950#97886#498179
1949#97384#493182
1948#89694#516163
1947#1,06869#522169
1946#97074#529146
1945#87374#548119
1944#97164#64292
1943#95268#68188
1942#1,20643#69386
1941#1,35532#83458
1940#1,40429#90449
1939#1,42427#86750
1938#1,47526#92147
1937#1,63022#93245
1936#2,15314#1,09535
1935#3,1568#1,32626
1934#1,83418#1,24129
1933#2,68810#1,23029
1932#2,64411#1,35626
1931#1,87618#1,30228
1930#4,0476#1,25932
1929#1,95318#1,56422
1928#2,95410#1,76019
1927#2,69912#1,69221
1926#2,70812#1,72020
1925#4,9735#2,58811
1924#3,3939#1,72721
1923#4,3766#2,12315
1922#5,0095#1,69521
1921#3,4009#2,15215
1920#4,3986#2,45912
1919#2,15214
1918#3,5128#2,54311
1917#4,5945#1,47923
1916#1,84916
1915#2,07013
1914#1,54516
1913#1,49713
1912#1,7469
1911
1910
1909#1,2776
1908
1907#1,2006
1906
1905#1,2335
1904#8748
1903#8468
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896#9826
1895
1894
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First appearance
1896

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 1982

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedNHWashington: #481 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,324 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #375 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,552 boysMNIllinois: #610 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,318 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedWIMichigan: #484 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,112 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedIAIndiana: #428 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,605 boysINOhio: #395 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,080 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #738 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 12,049 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedNEMissouri: #351 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,594 boysMOKentucky: #250 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,679 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedKSArkansas: #292 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,561 boysARTennessee: #318 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,261 boysTNNorth Carolina: #416 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,810 boysNCSouth Carolina: #420 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,204 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #330 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,230 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedLAMississippi: #431 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,850 boysMSAlabama: #325 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,895 boysALGeorgia: #365 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,686 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Marty, so not publishedHITexas: #548 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 6,007 boysTXFlorida: #712 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,009 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#250 · 1 in 2,679
  2. Arkansas#292 · 1 in 2,561
  3. Tennessee#318 · 1 in 3,261
  4. Alabama#325 · 1 in 2,895
  5. Oklahoma#330 · 1 in 3,230

Best ever in a state: #64 in South Dakota, 1964.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#250101 in 2,679
Arkansas#29261 in 2,561
Tennessee#318101 in 3,261
Alabama#32591 in 2,895
Oklahoma#33081 in 3,230
Missouri#35181 in 4,594
Georgia#365111 in 3,686
Minnesota#37551 in 6,552
Ohio#395131 in 6,080
North Carolina#41681 in 4,810
South Carolina#42051 in 4,204
Indiana#42861 in 6,605
Mississippi#43151 in 3,850
Washington#48151 in 6,324
Michigan#48481 in 8,112
Texas#548241 in 6,007
Illinois#61091 in 9,318
Florida#71261 in 11,009
California#738171 in 12,049
Alaska
Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1962 at #186 (1,614 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1937–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,277
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 39.7% of all boys named Marty (12,787) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#982 (1896)#982
1900s33#846 (1903)#1,086
1910s115#1,479 (1917)#1,860
1920s177#1,564 (1929)#1,948
1930s347#867 (1939)#1,153
1940s1,152#493 (1949)#636
1950s7,309#198 (1959)#319
1960s12,787#186 (1962)#208
1970s5,724#251 (1970)#333
1980s2,030#481 (1980)#633
1990s1,149#780 (1990)#1,104
2000s605#1,370 (2000)#2,079
2010s458#2,091 (2017)#2,716
2020s288#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 1982

girls
#4,716
15 births · 1 in 112,888 girls
boys
#564
230 births · 1 in 7,889 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #4,716Marty15

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #564Marty230
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 112,888 of them was named Marty, which outranked 61.8% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marty
  1. #4,527Yahira16
  2. #4,527Yamile16
  3. #4,527Yuridia16
  4. #4,716Marty15
  5. #4,716Adriel15
  6. #4,716Aftin15
  7. #4,716Alaine15
  8. #4,945Abbe14
  9. #4,945Agustina14
  10. #4,945Aiyana14

Tied with 228 names at #4,716; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,715Kaleena#2,375#660
  2. 1,197Kala#1,958#761
  3. 1,094Chelsie#2,028#934
  4. 1,081Tenika#2,028#947
  5. 1,044Falon#1,958#914
Fallers
  1. 538Evita#779#1,317
  2. 517Martine#791#1,308
  3. 473Dusty#720#1,193
  4. 470Regan#991#1,461
  5. 401Windy#998#1,399

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

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 7,889 of them was named Marty, which outranked 92.3% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marty
  1. #561Rigoberto234
  2. #562Zane233
  3. #563Conrad232
  4. #564Marty230
  5. #564Barrett230
  6. #564Hugh230
  7. #567Blair228
  8. #567Jovan228
  9. #567Luther228

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,958Colt#2,418#460
  2. 730Eliot#1,695#965
  3. 532Colton#1,334#802
  4. 478Kiel#1,101#623
  5. 416Eugenio#1,411#995
Fallers
  1. 309Marchello#841#1,150
  2. 237Carmen#851#1,088
  3. 234Claudio#976#1,210
  4. 224Irvin#826#1,050
  5. 222Jeramiah#971#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982