Meaning not yet researched.
Marty: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 43 in 2025. Its best rank was #186 in 1963.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #186 in 1963; #2,914 in 2025. About 77% of babies named Marty in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,914 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1963, at #186.
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Marty: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 43 boys in 2025. Peak: #186 in 1963 · most boys in one year: 1,614 (1962).
In 2025, 43 US boys were named Marty, making it the 2,914th most common boys’ name of the year, down 296 places from #2,618 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 51 boys named Marty in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #186, reached in 1963. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,614, in 1962. For comparison, it was #2,896 in 2015 and #499 in 1950.
In 2025, 13 US girls were named Marty, making it the 8,169th most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #803, reached in 1957. That year also had the most girls given the name: 159. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #986 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Marty in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1896 with 6 babies. In all, 36,269 US babies have been given the name, 11% of them girls and 89% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 13,830 babies named Marty.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 478 US boys were named Marty; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 66. In 2025 that was about 1 in 39,723 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Martin (317,037 babies since 1880) and Marti (4,559 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Marte, Morty and Marthy are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Marte (174), Morty (87), Marthy (10), Martee (5).
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.
No nicknames listed for Marty in the open dataset we use.
Marty is listed as a nickname for Martha, Martin.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,169 | 43 | #2,914 |
| 2024 | — | — | 51 | #2,618 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,903 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,893 | 42 | #2,982 |
| 2021 | 5 | #16,840 | 63 | #2,249 |
| 2020 | 7 | #13,006 | 45 | #2,741 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,522 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2018 | 8 | #12,102 | 32 | #3,490 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,134 | 66 | #2,103 |
| 2016 | — | — | 41 | #2,917 |
| 2015 | — | — | 41 | #2,896 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,873 | 50 | #2,504 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,632 | 42 | #2,794 |
| 2012 | — | — | 50 | #2,511 |
| 2011 | — | — | 45 | #2,689 |
| 2010 | — | — | 40 | #2,944 |
| 2009 | — | — | 53 | #2,433 |
| 2008 | 5 | #19,446 | 51 | #2,496 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,845 | 66 | #2,085 |
| 2006 | — | — | 47 | #2,564 |
| 2005 | — | — | 53 | #2,260 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,847 | 49 | #2,332 |
| 2003 | 6 | #15,081 | 58 | #1,999 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,178 | 67 | #1,735 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,700 | 69 | #1,692 |
| 2000 | — | — | 92 | #1,379 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,793 | 71 | #1,567 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,518 | 93 | #1,293 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,583 | 79 | #1,394 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,421 | 107 | #1,118 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,886 | 97 | #1,179 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,465 | 137 | #946 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,491 | 121 | #986 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,765 | 126 | #958 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,538 | 149 | #858 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,203 | 169 | #781 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,311 | 168 | #764 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,772 | 189 | #685 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,820 | 172 | #691 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,421 | 178 | #674 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,936 | 155 | #713 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,177 | 182 | #636 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,680 | 209 | #589 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,851 | 230 | #566 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,308 | 240 | #547 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,380 | 307 | #482 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,620 | 333 | #445 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,881 | 338 | #434 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,891 | 442 | #373 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,898 | 480 | #349 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,664 | 573 | #314 |
| 1974 | 75 | #1,375 | 617 | #301 |
| 1973 | 84 | #1,247 | 588 | #301 |
| 1972 | 69 | #1,426 | 613 | #303 |
| 1971 | 91 | #1,235 | 822 | #265 |
| 1970 | 104 | #1,130 | 918 | #251 |
| 1969 | 80 | #1,252 | 962 | #237 |
| 1968 | 89 | #1,141 | 1,005 | #224 |
| 1967 | 74 | #1,249 | 979 | #225 |
| 1966 | 85 | #1,157 | 976 | #223 |
| 1965 | 87 | #1,140 | 1,221 | #205 |
| 1964 | 110 | #1,030 | 1,446 | #196 |
| 1963 | 146 | #868 | 1,590 | #186 |
| 1962 | 122 | #964 | 1,614 | #186 |
| 1961 | 131 | #945 | 1,459 | #201 |
| 1960 | 119 | #982 | 1,535 | #195 |
| 1959 | 115 | #988 | 1,454 | #198 |
| 1958 | 134 | #881 | 1,416 | #198 |
| 1957 | 159 | #803 | 1,347 | #201 |
| 1956 | 130 | #877 | 1,013 | #229 |
| 1955 | 86 | #1,092 | 618 | #287 |
| 1954 | 72 | #1,184 | 422 | #348 |
| 1953 | 95 | #983 | 359 | #361 |
| 1952 | 98 | #942 | 279 | #414 |
| 1951 | 103 | #898 | 222 | #456 |
| 1950 | 86 | #986 | 179 | #499 |
| 1949 | 84 | #976 | 182 | #493 |
| 1948 | 94 | #901 | 163 | #518 |
| 1947 | 69 | #1,075 | 169 | #522 |
| 1946 | 74 | #975 | 146 | #533 |
| 1945 | 74 | #879 | 119 | #551 |
| 1944 | 64 | #978 | 92 | #648 |
| 1943 | 68 | #961 | 88 | #687 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,222 | 86 | #698 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,377 | 58 | #836 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,431 | 49 | #914 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,457 | 50 | #880 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,495 | 47 | #924 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,669 | 45 | #940 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,227 | 35 | #1,112 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,342 | 26 | #1,342 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,881 | 29 | #1,259 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,811 | 29 | #1,244 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,770 | 26 | #1,370 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,928 | 28 | #1,324 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,377 | 32 | #1,269 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,990 | 22 | #1,592 |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,080 | 19 | #1,801 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,798 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,821 | 20 | #1,768 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,504 | 11 | #2,693 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,566 | 21 | #1,760 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,768 | 15 | #2,192 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,510 | 21 | #1,738 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,578 | 15 | #2,228 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,754 | 12 | #2,546 |
| 1919 | — | — | 14 | #2,221 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,731 | 11 | #2,644 |
| 1917 | 5 | #5,040 | 23 | #1,514 |
| 1916 | — | — | 16 | #1,913 |
| 1915 | — | — | 13 | #2,136 |
| 1914 | — | — | 16 | #1,585 |
| 1913 | — | — | 13 | #1,557 |
| 1912 | — | — | 9 | #1,833 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,395 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,290 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,358 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #934 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #888 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,060 |
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).