Martin

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #335 for boys in 2025, 1,009 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 357 births
Debut · boys
357 births
In top 100 · boys
91 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
315,561
since 1880

Martin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #44, 1880boys
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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—#3351,009
2024—#3071,105
2023—#2881,152
2022—#3031,108
2021—#3001,103
2020—#2931,168
2019—#2811,253
2018—#2721,296
2017—#2821,283
2016—#2581,396
2015—#2751,344
2014#16,5135#2591,434
2013—#2651,346
2012—#2651,350
2011—#2621,321
2010—#2571,333
2009—#2341,526
2008—#2211,700
2007#15,4916#2081,881
2006#17,1685#1991,942
2005#11,8348#2061,836
2004—#2031,858
2003—#1981,889
2002#12,1877#1921,959
2001#15,3525#1822,061
2000—#1752,110
1999—#1732,036
1998#14,1225#1652,068
1997#9,0179#1552,230
1996#9,5818#1522,282
1995#6,25714#1472,398
1994#6,67213#1352,594
1993#4,52422#1242,818
1992#5,71816#1182,932
1991#5,94915#1152,893
1990#3,90926#1133,080
1989#4,52220#1172,797
1988#4,49619#1162,652
1987#3,10130#1182,406
1986#2,62037#1192,377
1985#3,62123#1322,136
1984#3,72621#1262,136
1983#4,47616#1222,175
1982#3,09328#1262,169
1981#4,00519#1272,151
1980#3,60922#1232,227
1979#3,33324#1332,019
1978#3,77719#1262,050
1977#3,17624#1252,155
1976#4,36314#1182,168
1975#4,14115#1192,162
1974#3,42619#1092,371
1973#3,63517#1082,399
1972#3,06221#1172,421
1971#3,65217#1053,022
1970#3,31119#933,500
1969#2,84422#783,758
1968#2,36027#684,073
1967#2,70621#803,834
1966#2,58622#784,210
1965#2,34526#674,932
1964#2,10932#635,727
1963#2,96018#626,073
1962#2,81419#745,538
1961#2,75220#735,476
1960#3,21215#775,495
1959#3,10415#795,353
1958#3,54312#715,669
1957#2,56320#695,965
1956#3,69611#735,682
1955#2,47220#775,068
1954#2,59218#794,968
1953#3,48011#824,778
1952#2,92114#804,735
1951#3,28411#814,596
1950#3,23511#854,180
1949#3,39310#833,903
1948#3,13711#883,698
1947#2,89813#903,724
1946#3,6658#923,333
1945#3,6767#902,823
1944#2,94610#912,767
1943#3,2499#833,081
1942#3,4448#853,045
1941#2,84610#852,605
1940#2,73710#852,423
1939#2,41712#912,192
1938#3,1818#872,313
1937#2,31713#872,278
1936#2,26313#922,106
1935#2,09515#932,116
1934#2,28913#912,178
1933#2,16114#892,064
1932#1,87718#882,255
1931#2,42712#912,103
1930#2,11016#832,322
1929#1,55525#832,308
1928#2,09417#832,428
1927#1,88521#872,383
1926#2,07618#802,493
1925#2,61713#832,417
1924#2,40915#822,452
1923#2,26416#802,460
1922#2,61213#802,402
1921#2,37815#782,461
1920#3,09710#782,439
1919#2,26415#812,204
1918—#812,403
1917#3,7137#772,336
1916#2,65811#812,122
1915#1,96416#792,070
1914#1,81814#731,676
1913#2,03410#751,259
1912#2,1448#751,064
1911#1,7928#75567
1910#1,9357#86396
1909#1,9576#79391
1908—#83331
1907#1,8216#79329
1906—#75334
1905—#75332
1904—#71334
1903—#77283
1902—#72325
1901#1,6795#64304
1900—#70383
1899—#72260
1898#1,3797#63339
1897—#60312
1896—#61343
1895—#65317
1894—#66299
1893—#61347
1892—#61359
1891—#56331
1890#1,3385#57347
1889—#53367
1888—#54378
1887#1,1475#51331
1886—#58329
1885—#49357
1884—#48385
1883—#46377
1882—#48387
1881—#46327
1880—#44357
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Martin was already there! It came in at #44, and was given to 357 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1908, when fewer than 390 boys a year got the name.

Where Martin is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Martin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#307 → #335)
  • 42 spots since 2020 (#293 → #335)
  • 60 spots since 2015 (#275 → #335)
  • Biggest jump: 17 spots in 2016 (#275 → #258)
  • Biggest drop: 28 spots in 2025 (#307 → #335)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #44 (357 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 91 yrs · run 1880–1970
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 278
  • Highest: 1 in 278 boys born in 1883 were named Martin (0.36%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,693 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
  • Its best rank, #44 in 1880, was only 1 in 309 (0.32%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 16.2% of all boys named Martin (50,994) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,595#44 (1880)#50
1890s3,254#56 (1891)#62
1900s3,346#64 (1901)#75
1910s16,097#73 (1914)#78
1920s24,243#78 (1921)#81
1930s21,927#83 (1930)#89
1940s31,402#83 (1949)#87
1950s50,994#69 (1957)#78
1960s49,116#62 (1963)#72
1970s24,267#93 (1970)#115
1980s23,226#116 (1988)#123
1990s25,331#113 (1990)#140
2000s18,762#175 (2000)#202
2010s13,356#257 (2010)#268
2020s6,645#288 (2023)#304

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.

Martin in 1909

girls
#1,957
6 births · 1 in 57,871 girls
boys
#79
391 births · 1 in 419 boys

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #1,957Martin6

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #79Martin391
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 57,871 of them was named Martin, which outranked 23.2% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Martin
  1. #1,763Wilna7
  2. #1,763Yoshiko7
  3. #1,763Yoshino7
  4. #1,957Martin6
  5. #1,957Adelene6
  6. #1,957Adlene6
  7. #1,957Ailene6
  8. #2,208Adabelle5
  9. #2,208Agapita5
  10. #2,208Agustina5

Tied with 250 names at #1,957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

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

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 419 of them was named Martin, which outranked 95.3% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Martin
  1. #76Lloyd412
  2. #77Johnnie401
  3. #78Philip395
  4. #79Martin391
  5. #80Leon377
  6. #81Milton369
  7. #82Alvin363
Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →