Martese — boys' name

What the Data Says About Martese

The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Martese between 1976 and 2019, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Martese currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Martese performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Martese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Martese in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Martese 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 237 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.