Boys' name · since 1980
Martavis
Martavis has 311 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,372 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 311
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
311 boys have been named Martavis since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martavis has been recorded 311 times among boys since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2019.
- #10,372 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 311 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martavis ranks #10,372 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 311 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,372 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 311
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Martavis's 311 recorded births place it above 77.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Tennessee.
Martavis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Martavis's full recorded timeline at 2000, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Martavis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2019
- Peak year (1993)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2019.
311 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 19 births in a single year.
Martavis by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (124 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Martavis's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Martavis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 46
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
124 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 124 births (40% of all-time use).
Martavis decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Martavis by state
Where Martavis concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 311 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Martavis's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (124 total births) through the 2010s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Tennessee records the most Martaviss (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Martavis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
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, 1980–2019 (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 Martavis 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.
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