Martel
- Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1983 · 62 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,696since 1920
Martel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Martel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,226 | 24 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,331 | 23 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,066 | 18 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,482 | 16 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,493 | 21 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,782 | 26 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,941 | 23 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,276 | 19 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,095 | 29 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,228 | 27 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,075 | 28 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,851 | 28 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,311 | 36 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,218 | 37 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,666 | 54 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,868 | 45 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,472 | 63 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,472 | 62 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,325 | 72 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,370 | 66 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,294 | 71 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,341 | 59 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,316 | 56 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,363 | 52 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,158 | 65 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,444 | 44 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,144 | 62 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,563 | 39 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #2,038 | 26 |
| 1980 | — | #2,284 | 22 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
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| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
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| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
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| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
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| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
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| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1920
The first year at least five boys were named Martel! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Martel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Martel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Martel
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,418 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
63 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1983 at #1,144 (62 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,060
- Highest: 1 in 28,060 boys born in 1991 were named Martel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,144 in 1983, was only 1 in 28,912 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 29.2% of all boys named Martel (496) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 23 | #3,697 (1928) | #3,891 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 16 | #2,443 (1948) | #2,776 |
| 1950s | 12 | #3,275 (1958) | #3,609 |
| 1960s | 50 | #2,861 (1969) | #3,379 |
| 1970s | 119 | #2,418 (1972) | #3,111 |
| 1980s | 496 | #1,144 (1983) | #1,495 |
| 1990s | 496 | #1,325 (1991) | #1,916 |
| 2000s | 246 | #3,075 (2000) | #3,785 |
| 2010s | 176 | #3,994 (2010) | #5,439 |
| 2020s | 62 | #6,296 (2020) | #7,689 |
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.
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