Boys' name · since 1959
Martain
Since 1959, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Martain, peaking in 1959. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 12
- total births
- 1959–1972
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
12 boys have been named Martain since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Martain has 12 recorded births among boys since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1972.
- 12 total births
- 1959–1972 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 58% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Martain's 12 recorded births place it above 27% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Martain's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Martain splits its recorded history at 1972: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Martain popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1972
- Peak year (1959)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Martain by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Martain's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Martain births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Martain's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1970s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1959–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Martain: Baby Name Since 1959 - 12 Births, Peak 1959." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/martain. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Martain draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.