Martell
- Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to boys 98.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1986 · 124 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,630since 1917
Martell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Martell has never cracked the top 800 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,337 | 23 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,354 | 23 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,312 | 34 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,524 | 31 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,591 | 30 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,715 | 43 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,115 | 36 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,434 | 31 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,787 | 43 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,847 | 42 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,286 | 34 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,313 | 33 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,578 | 46 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,701 | 40 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,887 | 35 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,366 | 27 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,632 | 36 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,931 | 31 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,196 | 45 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,098 | 45 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,791 | 56 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,060 | 43 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,725 | 54 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,527 | 62 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,564 | 59 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,358 | 71 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,221 | 85 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,046 | 106 | |
| 1990 | — | #963 | 117 | |
| 1989 | — | #997 | 105 | |
| 1988 | — | #943 | 104 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #921 | 105 |
| 1986 | — | #811 | 124 | |
| 1985 | — | #823 | 117 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #925 | 90 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #827 | 111 |
| 1982 | — | #1,082 | 71 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
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| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
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| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
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| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
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| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five boys were named Martell! It came in at #2,956, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Martell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Martell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Martell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,214 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 255 spots in 1983
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1987
Rise & fade · boys
69 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1986 at #811 (124 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1983–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,851
- Highest: 1 in 14,851 boys born in 1986 were named Martell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 32.9% of all boys named Martell (866) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #2,956 (1917) | #3,568 |
| 1920s | 40 | #3,408 (1925) | #3,951 |
| 1930s | 39 | #2,629 (1936) | #3,495 |
| 1940s | 21 | #3,109 (1944) | #3,492 |
| 1950s | 31 | #3,024 (1957) | #3,488 |
| 1960s | 31 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,591 |
| 1970s | 108 | #2,509 (1970) | #3,288 |
| 1980s | 866 | #811 (1986) | #1,233 |
| 1990s | 698 | #963 (1990) | #1,535 |
| 2000s | 369 | #2,196 (2000) | #2,874 |
| 2010s | 327 | #2,715 (2013) | #3,447 |
| 2020s | 87 | #5,019 (2022) | #6,086 |
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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