Martie — #8414 US unisex name
1,216 babies named Martie in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Martie was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Martie in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Martie
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,216 babies named Martie between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Martie currently holds the #8414 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 46 babies received it in a single year. Martie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 221 additional births since 1922.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Martie performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Martie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Martie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Martie 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 1,216 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.
Martie at a glance
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Current rank
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Martie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1884
- Peak year (1970)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 141 years of records
Currently ranks #8414 among girls.
1,216 total births across 141 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 46 births in a single year.
Martie popularity over time — boys
221 total births recorded since 1922 (Martie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Martie accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Martie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 229 births that decade — 19% of Martie's all-time total
Martie decade highlights
- Peak decade 229 births
- Runner-up 224 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Martie's strongest decade
229 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
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 1,216 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1884–2024 (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.