Meaning not yet researched.
Martin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,009 in 2025. Its best rank was #45 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #45 in 1880; #335 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Martin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#335 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #45.
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Martin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,009 boys in 2025. Peak: #45 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 6,073 (1963).
In 2025, 1,009 US boys were named Martin, making it the 335th most common boys’ name of the year, down 27 places from #308 in 2024. That is 96 fewer than the 1,105 boys named Martin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #45, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 6,073, in 1963. For comparison, it was #275 in 2015 and #85 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Martin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 357 babies with the name. In all, 317,037 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 51,137 babies named Martin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,873 US boys were named Martin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,396. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,693 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Martin ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #90 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Marty (36,269 babies since 1880), Marti (4,559 babies since 1880) and Martine (3,018 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mart, Martino and Martyn are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Marty.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Mart (1,039), Martino (765), Martyn (566), Marten (506), Marcin (467), Marton (120), Morten (43), Marteen (40), Martene (33), Maarten (29), Martinus (29), Martain (12), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 10 | #90 | #277 |
| California | 184 | #203 | #207 |
| Arizona | 41 | #205 | #206 |
| Minnesota | 29 | #222 | #311 |
| Florida | 78 | #270 | #208 |
| Washington | 27 | #278 | #279 |
| New York | 66 | #286 | #246 |
| Utah | 17 | #294 | #389 |
| Illinois | 37 | #296 | #206 |
| Colorado | 22 | #302 | #280 |
| Oregon | 14 | #305 | #248 |
| Texas | 122 | #311 | #189 |
| New Jersey | 27 | #320 | #285 |
| Iowa | 12 | #323 | #620 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | #329 | #263 |
| Wisconsin | 17 | #332 | #415 |
| Kansas | 11 | #343 | #274 |
| Maryland | 14 | #382 | #385 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #406 | #251 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | #411 | #413 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #416 | #308 |
| North Carolina | 26 | #424 | #449 |
| Virginia | 19 | #425 | #321 |
| Nevada | 7 | #426 | #219 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #427 | #428 |
| Tennessee | 18 | #447 | #541 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #476 | #348 |
| Michigan | 18 | #477 | #401 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #478 | #565 |
| Alabama | 10 | #509 | #380 |
| Ohio | 20 | #530 | #548 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #536 | #390 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #588 | #411 |
| Indiana | 11 | #606 | #404 |
| Georgia | 17 | #613 | #355 |
| Missouri | 9 | #625 | #401 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,009 | #335 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,105 | #308 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,152 | #289 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,108 | #303 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,103 | #301 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,168 | #293 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,253 | #281 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,296 | #272 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,283 | #282 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,396 | #258 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,344 | #275 |
| 2014 | 5 | #18,274 | 1,434 | #259 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,346 | #265 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,350 | #265 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,321 | #262 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,333 | #257 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,526 | #234 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,700 | #221 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,843 | 1,881 | #208 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,033 | 1,942 | #199 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,592 | 1,836 | #206 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,858 | #203 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,889 | #198 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,121 | 1,959 | #192 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,992 | 2,061 | #182 |
| 2000 | — | — | 2,110 | #175 |
| 1999 | — | — | 2,036 | #174 |
| 1998 | 5 | #15,679 | 2,068 | #165 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,530 | 2,230 | #155 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,179 | 2,282 | #152 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,492 | 2,398 | #147 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,938 | 2,594 | #135 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,608 | 2,818 | #124 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,903 | 2,932 | #118 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,142 | 2,893 | #115 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,968 | 3,080 | #113 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,610 | 2,797 | #117 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,591 | 2,652 | #117 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,140 | 2,406 | #118 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,658 | 2,377 | #119 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,686 | 2,136 | #132 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,825 | 2,136 | #126 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,601 | 2,175 | #122 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,142 | 2,169 | #126 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,106 | 2,151 | #127 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,679 | 2,227 | #123 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,405 | 2,019 | #133 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,858 | 2,050 | #126 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,234 | 2,155 | #125 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,501 | 2,168 | #118 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,279 | 2,162 | #119 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,511 | 2,371 | #109 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,738 | 2,399 | #108 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,130 | 2,421 | #117 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,741 | 3,022 | #105 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,382 | 3,500 | #93 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,886 | 3,758 | #78 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,403 | 4,073 | #68 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,751 | 3,834 | #80 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,634 | 4,210 | #78 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,383 | 4,932 | #67 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,137 | 5,727 | #63 |
| 1963 | 18 | #3,035 | 6,073 | #62 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,884 | 5,538 | #74 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,805 | 5,476 | #73 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,304 | 5,495 | #77 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,206 | 5,353 | #79 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,673 | 5,669 | #71 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,615 | 5,965 | #69 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,831 | 5,682 | #73 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,520 | 5,068 | #77 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,666 | 4,968 | #79 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,609 | 4,778 | #82 |
| 1952 | 14 | #3,009 | 4,735 | #80 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,412 | 4,596 | #81 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,357 | 4,180 | #85 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,534 | 3,903 | #83 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,275 | 3,698 | #88 |
| 1947 | 13 | #3,009 | 3,724 | #90 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,867 | 3,333 | #92 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,900 | 2,823 | #90 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,078 | 2,767 | #91 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,401 | 3,081 | #83 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,626 | 3,045 | #85 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,977 | 2,605 | #85 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,891 | 2,423 | #85 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,527 | 2,192 | #91 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,362 | 2,313 | #87 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,402 | 2,278 | #87 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,349 | 2,106 | #92 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,176 | 2,116 | #93 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,385 | 2,178 | #91 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,236 | 2,064 | #89 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,926 | 2,255 | #88 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,523 | 2,103 | #91 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,171 | 2,322 | #83 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,584 | 2,308 | #83 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,158 | 2,428 | #83 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,918 | 2,383 | #87 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,131 | 2,493 | #80 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,722 | 2,417 | #83 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,477 | 2,452 | #82 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,334 | 2,460 | #80 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,710 | 2,402 | #80 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,457 | 2,461 | #78 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,262 | 2,439 | #78 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,343 | 2,204 | #81 |
| 1918 | — | — | 2,403 | #81 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,962 | 2,336 | #77 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,763 | 2,122 | #81 |
| 1915 | 16 | #2,017 | 2,070 | #79 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,872 | 1,676 | #73 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,117 | 1,259 | #75 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,285 | 1,064 | #75 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,893 | 567 | #75 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,058 | 396 | #86 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,140 | 391 | #79 |
| 1908 | — | — | 331 | #83 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,980 | 329 | #79 |
| 1906 | — | — | 334 | #75 |
| 1905 | — | — | 332 | #75 |
| 1904 | — | — | 334 | #71 |
| 1903 | — | — | 283 | #77 |
| 1902 | — | — | 325 | #72 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,853 | 304 | #64 |
| 1900 | — | — | 383 | #70 |
| 1899 | — | — | 260 | #72 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,459 | 339 | #63 |
| 1897 | — | — | 312 | #60 |
| 1896 | — | — | 343 | #61 |
| 1895 | — | — | 317 | #65 |
| 1894 | — | — | 299 | #66 |
| 1893 | — | — | 347 | #61 |
| 1892 | — | — | 359 | #61 |
| 1891 | — | — | 331 | #56 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,460 | 347 | #58 |
| 1889 | — | — | 367 | #53 |
| 1888 | — | — | 378 | #54 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,247 | 331 | #51 |
| 1886 | — | — | 329 | #58 |
| 1885 | — | — | 357 | #49 |
| 1884 | — | — | 385 | #49 |
| 1883 | — | — | 377 | #46 |
| 1882 | — | — | 387 | #48 |
| 1881 | — | — | 327 | #46 |
| 1880 | — | — | 357 | #45 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).