Martial — boys' name
47 babies named Martial in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
47 boys have been named Martial since 1919, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2015.
- 47
- total births
- 1919–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
32% of everyone ever named Martial was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Martial in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Martial
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Martial between 1919 and 2015, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Martial currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Martial performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Martial shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Martial 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 47 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.
Martial at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Martial popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1919
- Peak year (1961)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
47 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 6 births in a single year.
Martial by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 15 births that decade — 32% of Martial's all-time total
Martial decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Martial's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1919–2015 (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.