Unisex name · since 1983
Martelle
25 babies named Martelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,310 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Martelle sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 25 recorded since 1983.
Martelle has 25 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1992.
- #27,310 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martelle ranks #27,310 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #27,310 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Martelle's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Martelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Martelle's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Martelle popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1992
- Peak year (1989)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Martelle popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 1915 (Martelle as girls' name)
Martelle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (19 births, 76% of the file).
1980s was Martelle's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Martelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 19 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Martelle's decade-level peak was the 1980s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Martelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1983–1992 (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 Martelle 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.