Mart
Mart was last recorded in 2006, when 5 babies were given it; 1,039 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2006 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mart by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mart mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mart is “a diminutive of the male given name Martin.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mart?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,302, in 2006; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
28 babies in 1958, the peak
Mart peaked in 1958, when 28 boys were given it, #1,503 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | #13,302 | 2.4 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,747 | 2.9 |
| 1988 | 5 | #8,075 | 2.6 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,802 | 4.8 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,535 | 3.8 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,959 | 3.3 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,996 | 2.8 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,896 | 2.8 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,695 | 2.9 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,524 | 3.7 |
Every recorded year (96)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | #5,583 | 3.7 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,258 | 5.1 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,580 | 6.4 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,890 | 8.3 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,878 | 3.8 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,499 | 9.3 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,287 | 5.7 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,821 | 6.5 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,633 | 6.7 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,521 | 2.9 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,307 | 7.5 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,569 | 6.2 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,969 | 9.1 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,949 | 9.0 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,681 | 11.3 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,788 | 10.2 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,297 | 6.6 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,890 | 8.9 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,785 | 9.8 |
| 1958 | 28 | #1,503 | 13.2 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,995 | 7.9 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,141 | 7.1 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,562 | 12.1 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,654 | 10.8 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,007 | 8.1 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,220 | 6.7 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,325 | 6.4 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,390 | 6.1 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,738 | 10.7 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,288 | 6.8 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,218 | 7.1 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,107 | 8.0 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,516 | 6.7 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,775 | 5.9 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,874 | 5.6 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,881 | 3.6 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,803 | 6.5 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,035 | 6.0 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,741 | 7.2 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,061 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,815 | 7.5 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,556 | 8.7 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,510 | 5.8 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,206 | 11.6 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,806 | 16.1 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,161 | 12.5 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,628 | 5.8 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,721 | 9.1 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,160 | 13.0 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,346 | 11.7 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,067 | 8.0 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,767 | 18.0 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,538 | 10.8 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,184 | 13.2 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,351 | 7.3 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,678 | 20.2 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,803 | 18.2 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,931 | 16.9 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,788 | 19.4 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,642 | 10.9 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,512 | 11.9 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,384 | 7.9 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,938 | 17.7 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,929 | 18.3 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,990 | 18.6 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,910 | 22.1 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,763 | 25.7 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,394 | 36.6 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,331 | 39.0 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,088 | 50.3 |
| 1902 | 7 | #990 | 57.1 |
| 1898 | 8 | #859 | 65.2 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,021 | 53.2 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,206 | 41.8 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,194 | 42.6 |
| 1893 | 6 | #984 | 53.4 |
| 1892 | 9 | #778 | 73.7 |
| 1891 | 10 | #623 | 98.8 |
| 1890 | 6 | #957 | 54.0 |
| 1888 | 7 | #883 | 57.9 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,009 | 49.3 |
| 1885 | 6 | #894 | 55.7 |
| 1884 | 7 | #821 | 61.2 |
| 1882 | 7 | #809 | 61.6 |
| 1881 | 7 | #753 | 69.5 |
| 1880 | 8 | #722 | 72.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Mart a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mart has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 96 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Mart: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mart, and how old are they?
An estimated 428 Americans named Mart and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (41% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 54 and 71. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,033 people named Mart (377 women and girls, 656 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 491 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Mart rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mart
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mart and names like it
- Compare Mart and NelsBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sMart peaked in 1958.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mart since 1910.
- The top names of 1958The year the most babies were named Mart.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mart alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.