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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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
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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.

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
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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 1996

girls
#7,130
12 births · 1 in 146,084 girls
boys
#1,112
107 births · 1 in 17,704 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #7,130Marty12

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,112Marty107
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 146,084 of them was named Marty, which outranked 55.1% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marty
  1. #6,723Zohra13
  2. #6,723Zowie13
  3. #6,723Zuleyka13
  4. #7,130Marty12
  5. #7,130Aalyiah12
  6. #7,130Abagayle12
  7. #7,130Abelina12
  8. #7,574Aaleyah11
  9. #7,574Aarin11
  10. #7,574Abbe11

Tied with 443 names at #7,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 17,704 of them was named Marty, which outranked 89.4% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marty
  1. #1,107Marquel108
  2. #1,107Rashaad108
  3. #1,107Santino108
  4. #1,112Marty107
  5. #1,112Brandt107
  6. #1,112Dustyn107
  7. #1,112Jerald107
  8. #1,120Angus106
  9. #1,120Chace106
  10. #1,120Coy106

Tied with 7 names at #1,112; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 1,398Keyshawn#2,178#780
  2. 1,171Jair#2,055#884
  3. 1,065Kordell#2,055#990
  4. 856Shemar#1,758#902
  5. 686Nasir#1,648#962
Fallers
  1. 1,075Unknown#665#1,740
  2. 649Rashaan#937#1,586
  3. 633Savon#966#1,599
  4. 514Latrell#966#1,480
  5. 351Rakeem#970#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996