Unisex name · since 1884
Martie
Martie has 1,221 recorded births since 1884 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,535 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,980 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,221
- born since 1884
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Martie is the #14980 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 1,221 recorded since 1884.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martie has been recorded 1,221 times among girls since 1884, currently ranked #14980 nationally and more common than 13% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 2025.
- #6,535 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,980 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,221 born since 1884
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martie ranks #6,535 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,980 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,221 born since 1884, peaking in the 1960s.
- #6,535 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,980 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,221
- born since 1884
- 1960s
- peak decade
Martie's 1,221 recorded births place it above 90.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Martie compares
1,221 Top 29% higher than 71% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Martie's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Martie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,221 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Martie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Martie's full recorded timeline at 1961, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1884, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 46 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Martie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 142 years of records
Martie popularity over time - boys
221 total births recorded since 1922 (Martie as boys' name)
Martie by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (229 births, 19% of the file).
1960s was Martie's strongest decade.
229 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Martie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 11
1880s
11 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 47
1910s
47 births
- 1920s 57
1920s
57 births
- 1930s 58
1930s
58 births
- 1940s
1940s
140 births
- 1950s
1950s
207 births
- 1960s
1960s
229 births
- 1970s
1970s
224 births
- 1980s 71
1980s
71 births
- 1990s 58
1990s
58 births
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 49
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 229 births (19% of all-time use).
How Martie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Martie's total volume
Martie by state
Where Martie concentrates geographically, total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 2.1% |
26 of 1,221 births nationwide.
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What to do with Martie's data
- Martie's decade-level peak was the 1960s (229 total births); usage has since declined to 49 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marties (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Martie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Martie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~141 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, 1884–2025 (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 Martie 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.