Martez — #3616 US boys' name
4,077 babies named Martez in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Martez was born in this single decade.
181 babies were named Martez in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Martez
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,077 babies named Martez between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Martez currently holds the #3616 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 181 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Martez performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,275 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Martez shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 844 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Martez in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Martez 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 4,077 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.
Martez at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Martez popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1956
- Peak year (1992)
- 181
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
Currently ranks #3616 among boys.
4,077 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 181 births in a single year.
Martez popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1993 (Martez as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Martez accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Martez by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,275 births that decade — 31% of Martez's all-time total
Martez decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,275 births
- Runner-up 869 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Martez's strongest decade
1,275 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Martez by state
Where Martez concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 844 | 20.7% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 381 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 247 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 235 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 211 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 174 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 144 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 141 | 3.5% |
844 of 4,077 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 20.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 9.3% of nationwide
- Missouri 6.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.8% of nationwide
- Alabama 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 20.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Martez appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1956–2024 (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.