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

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Peak · boys
1986 · 124 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,630
since 1917

Martell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Martell has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #811, 1986boys
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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—#7,19411
2024—#6,46913
2023—#6,51713
2022—#5,01919
2021—#5,33817
2020—#5,98014
2019—#4,33723
2018—#4,35423
2017—#3,31234
2016—#3,52431
2015—#3,59130
2014—#3,29733
2013—#2,71543
2012—#3,11536
2011—#3,43431
2010—#2,78743
2009—#2,84742
2008—#3,28634
2007—#3,31333
2006—#2,57846
2005—#2,70140
2004—#2,88735
2003—#3,36627
2002—#2,63236
2001—#2,93131
2000—#2,19645
1999—#2,09845
1998—#1,79156
1997—#2,06043
1996—#1,72554
1995—#1,52762
1994—#1,56459
1993—#1,35871
1992—#1,22185
1991—#1,046106
1990—#963117
1989—#997105
1988—#943104
1987#11,3255#921105
1986—#811124
1985—#823117
1984#10,4225#92590
1983#9,0156#827111
1982—#1,08271
1981—#2,27022
1980—#2,72917
1979—#3,16813
1978—#3,40011
1977—#3,8369
1976#9,2845#3,26411
1975—#4,3097
1974—#3,31810
1973—#3,4459
1972—#2,65913
1971—#2,97311
1970—#2,50914
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1964—#4,0395
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1956—#3,9425
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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 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedMNIllinois: #270 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 2,101 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedWIMichigan: #355 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 4,254 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #626 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 12,869 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,032 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 20,754 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedARTennessee: #465 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,263 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedALGeorgia: #565 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,364 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Martell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Illinois#270 · 1 in 2,101
  2. Michigan#355 · 1 in 4,254
  3. Tennessee#465 · 1 in 6,263
  4. Georgia#565 · 1 in 7,364
  5. Pennsylvania#626 · 1 in 12,869

Best ever in a state: #218 in Michigan, 1990.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Illinois#270381 in 2,101
Michigan#355151 in 4,254
Tennessee#46551 in 6,263
Georgia#56561 in 7,364
Pennsylvania#62661 in 12,869
California#1,032111 in 20,754
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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 Martell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 725 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #7,194)
  • 1,214 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #7,194)
  • 3,603 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #7,194)
  • Biggest jump: 255 spots in 1983 (#1,082 → #827)
  • Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1987 (#811 → #921)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s13#2,956 (1917)#3,568
1920s40#3,408 (1925)#3,951
1930s39#2,629 (1936)#3,495
1940s21#3,109 (1944)#3,492
1950s31#3,024 (1957)#3,488
1960s31#3,041 (1962)#3,591
1970s108#2,509 (1970)#3,288
1980s866#811 (1986)#1,233
1990s698#963 (1990)#1,535
2000s369#2,196 (2000)#2,874
2010s327#2,715 (2013)#3,447
2020s87#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.

Martell in 1986

boys
#811
124 births · 1 in 14,851 boys

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #811Martell124
More about 1986

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 14,851 of them was named Martell, which outranked 89.6% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Martell
  1. #807Jacques125
  2. #807Osvaldo125
  3. #807Taurean125
  4. #811Martell124
  5. #811Deonte124
  6. #811Durrell124
  7. #811Hassan124
  8. #816Archie123
  9. #816Dario123
  10. #816Durell123

Tied with 4 names at #811; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →