Martin
Martin is ranked 308th among boys in 2024 (1,101 births). Its best rank was 45th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- #308down 20 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,1010.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 19636,070 births
- Best rank
- #45in 1880
- Since 1880
- 316,023people given the name
The story in the numbers
314,547 boys have been named Martin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 6,070 births — 0.30% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 259 → 308).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1950s alone account for 16%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 91 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,476 girls have also been given it, 0.47% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Martin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,595 | |
| 1890s | 3,254 | |
| 1900s | 3,346 | |
| 1910s | 16,097 | |
| 1920s | 24,243 | |
| 1930s | 21,927 | |
| 1940s | 31,401 | |
| 1950s | 50,992 | |
| 1960s | 49,116 | |
| 1970s | 24,274 | |
| 1980s | 23,227 | |
| 1990s | 25,327 | |
| 2000s | 18,761 | |
| 2010s | 13,355 | |
| 2020s | 5,632 |
In 1963, its biggest year
Martin was the 62nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1963 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1963.
Names that rose and fell with Martin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nelsonpeak 1959
- Thomaspeak 1952
- Fredrickpeak 1953
- Perrypeak 1959
- Jamespeak 1947
- Stewartpeak 1956
- Johnpeak 1947
- Josephpeak 1956
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.