Marten — #9954 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Marten

The Social Security Administration has registered 506 babies named Marten between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marten currently holds the #9954 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marten performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marten shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marten in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marten 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 506 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.