Recorded 1980–2019 Boys' name Peak 1993 311 births

Martavis — boys' name

311 babies named Martavis in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s461990s1242000s902010s51
1990s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Martavis was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

19 babies were named Martavis in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Martavis

The Social Security Administration has registered 311 babies named Martavis between 1980 and 2019, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Martavis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Martavis performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Martavis shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Martavis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Martavis in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 311 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Martavis at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

311

Since 1980

40 years of records

Peak year

1993

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1980

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 2019

Martavis popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1980

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1993)
19
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
05101520 20192011200620011996199119841980 5

Martavis by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
124 births that decade — 40% of Martavis's all-time total
1980s461990s1242000s902010s51

Martavis by state

Where Martavis concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Martavis
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Tennessee
5 1.6%
Tennessee share of Martavis's total US births 1.6%

5 of 311 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Martavis?
311 babies have been named Martavis since 1980. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1993 with 19 births.
When was Martavis most popular?
Martavis was most popular in the 1990s decade with 124 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Martavis most popular?
The top states for the name Martavis are Tennessee (5 births).
How long has the name Martavis been used?
Martavis has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 40 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Martavis?
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.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.