Boys' name · since 1983

Martavious

1,328 babies named Martavious in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#4,293 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#7,359 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
1,328
born since 1983
2000s
peak decade

Martavious currently ranks #7359 among boys' names in America, with 1,328 babies recorded since 1983.

Social Security Administration records show Martavious recorded 1,328 times among boys since 1983, holding rank #7359 nationally today, ahead of 47% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.

  • #4,293 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #7,359 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 1,328 born since 1983
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martavious ranks #4,293 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,359 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,328 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.

#4,293 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#7,359 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
1,328
born since 1983
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%47.1%
Martavious vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Martavious's 1,328 recorded births place it above 90.55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

8 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Tennessee.

How Martavious compares

1,328 Top 28% higher than 72% of 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Martavious's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Martavious Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 1,328 369 358,536
Peak-year births 64 34 22,252

Martavious's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Martavious's full recorded timeline at 2004, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 64 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Martavious popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1998)
64
Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
020406080 19831989199520012007201320192025 11

Martavious by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (476 births, 36% of the file).

2000s was Martavious's strongest decade.

476 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.

Martavious births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 476 births (36% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Martavious compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Martavious's total volume

Martavious vs 15 similarly-sized boys names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 2%4%6%8%10%12% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -41, 5.2%-146, 3.1%-111, 2.9%-79, 3.4%-146, 7.4%-57, 4.4%-50, 4.8%-36, 5.9%-49, 4.6%-144, 3.1%-35, 9.7%-43, 5.9%-69, 3.2%-36, 7.7%-105, 6%Martavious-43, 4.8%Martavious
Martavious vs 15 similarly-sized boys names

Martavious by state

Where Martavious concentrates geographically, total births since 1983

Regionally concentrated
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Martavious
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Tennessee
294 22.1%
#2 Georgia
209 15.7%
#3 Mississippi
109 8.2%
#4 Alabama
56 4.2%
#5 Florida
20 1.5%
#6 Louisiana
10 0.8%
#7 South Carolina
6 0.5%
#8 Arkansas
5 0.4%
Tennessee share of Martavious's total US births 22.1%
Even split

294 of 1,328 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Martavious?
Since 1983, Social Security records show 1,328 babies named Martavious. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #4,293 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #7,359 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 1998, with 64 births.
Where does Martavious sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martavious ranks #4,293 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,359 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Martavious most popular?
Martavious was most popular in the 2000s decade with 476 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
Where is Martavious most popular?
The top states for the name Martavious are Tennessee (294 births), Georgia (209 births), Mississippi (109 births).
How long has the name Martavious been used?
The SSA has tracked Martavious since 1983 -- 43 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Martavious?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mark, Martin, Marvin, Marcus, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Martavious's data

  • Martavious's decade-level peak was the 2000s (476 total births); usage has since declined to 80 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Tennessee records the most Martaviouss (294 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Martavious: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 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, 1983–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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 Martavious 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 August 2026.