Mart

Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055

Peak · boys
1891 · 10 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,039
since 1880

Mart over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mart has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #597, 1891boys
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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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2006#12,0555
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1990#7,1786
1989—
1988#7,2705
1987#4,5739
1986—
1985#5,1477
1984—
1983#5,4846
1982#6,3855
1981—
1980#6,2505
1979#6,0565
1978#5,0596
1977#5,1236
1976#4,0128
1975#3,42810
1974#2,79913
1973#4,5056
1972#2,41815
1971#3,14610
1970#2,73912
1969#2,54912
1968#4,1365
1967#2,24213
1966#2,46511
1965#1,91817
1964#1,90018
1963#1,65923
1962#1,75721
1961#2,24214
1960#1,85819
1959#1,75921
1958#1,48328
1957#1,95217
1956#2,09115
1955#1,53825
1954#1,62822
1953#1,95816
1952#2,15313
1951#2,24612
1950#2,32111
1949#1,70219
1948#2,21812
1947#2,16913
1946#2,03013
1945#2,3939
1944#2,6338
1943#2,7328
1942#3,5605
1941#2,6568
1940#2,8717
1939#2,6098
1938#2,8687
1937#2,6808
1936#2,4529
1935#3,2526
1934#2,12112
1933#1,77016
1932#2,10113
1931#3,3906
1930#2,60910
1929#2,09614
1928#2,27013
1927#2,9129
1926#1,72020
1925#2,43512
1924#2,13215
1923#3,1758
1922#1,64422
1921#1,76620
1920#1,88518
1919#1,75219
1918#2,54311
1917#2,42311
1916#3,1777
1915#1,87815
1914#1,86812
1913—
1912#1,8858
1911#1,7405
1910#1,5895
1909#1,2776
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1906—
1905—
1904#1,2055
1903#1,0096
1902#9337
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898#8048
1897#9426
1896#1,1015
1895#1,0795
1894—
1893#9076
1892#7489
1891#59710
1890#8846
1889—
1888#8157
1887#9215
1886—
1885#8366
1884#7647
1883—
1882#7547
1881#7067
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mart was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Mart is popular in 1891

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Mart
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1891 (#884 → #597)
  • Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1893 (#748 → #907)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #597 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1890–1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,119
  • Highest: 1 in 10,119 boys born in 1891 were named Mart (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 411,055 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.3% of all boys named Mart (180) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s47#682 (1880)#783
1890s55#597 (1891)#883
1900s24#933 (1902)#1,106
1910s93#1,589 (1910)#2,095
1920s151#1,644 (1922)#2,204
1930s95#1,770 (1933)#2,585
1940s102#1,702 (1949)#2,496
1950s180#1,483 (1958)#1,913
1960s153#1,659 (1963)#2,273
1970s91#2,418 (1972)#3,929
1980s37#4,573 (1987)#5,852
1990s6#7,178 (1990)#7,178
2000s5#12,055 (2006)#12,055

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.

Mart in 1891

boys
#597
10 births · 1 in 10,119 boys

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #597Mart10
More about 1891

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 10,119 of them was named Mart, which outranked 47.0% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mart
  1. #564Wilber11
  2. #564Willam11
  3. #564Wilton11
  4. #597Mart10
  5. #597Abel10
  6. #597Addison10
  7. #597Adolf10
  8. #635Adelbert9
  9. #635Alan9
  10. #635Alberto9

Tied with 37 names at #597; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 487Colonel#884 → #397
  2. ↑ 470Mahlon#994 → #524
  3. ↑ 457Hezekiah#884 → #427
  4. ↑ 430Ruby#994 → #564
  5. ↑ 397Essie#994 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Pierce#389 → #963
  2. ↓ 505Omar#458 → #963
  3. ↓ 452Benton#511 → #963
  4. ↓ 430Ivory#533 → #963
  5. ↓ 430Pleasant#533 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 1891 →