Martin
Martin was given to 1,009 boys in 2025, #335 among boys’ names; 317,037 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 197,000 Americans named Martin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 32 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Martin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Martin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Martin is “a male given name from Latin originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.” Its etymology gives the sense “little Mars” (or).
From Middle English Martin, from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”), Mārs, Mārtis + -īnus (diminutive suffix).
/ˈmɑː.tɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Martin?
#335 among boys’ names, 2025
Martin fell from #275 in 2015 to #335 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.70 to 0.59 per 1,000.
6,091 babies in 1963, the peak
Martin peaked in 1963, when 6,091 babies were given it (6,073 boys, #62 among boys’ names). The 1,009 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,009 | #335 | 0.59 |
| 2024 | 1,105 | #308 | 0.64 |
| 2023 | 1,152 | #289 | 0.67 |
| 2022 | 1,108 | #303 | 0.63 |
| 2021 | 1,103 | #301 | 0.63 |
| 2020 | 1,168 | #293 | 0.68 |
| 2019 | 1,253 | #281 | 0.70 |
| 2018 | 1,296 | #272 | 0.71 |
| 2017 | 1,283 | #282 | 0.69 |
| 2016 | 1,396 | #258 | 0.74 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,344 | #275 | 0.70 |
| 2014 | 1,434 | #259 | 0.75 |
| 2013 | 1,346 | #265 | 0.71 |
| 2012 | 1,350 | #265 | 0.71 |
| 2011 | 1,321 | #262 | 0.70 |
| 2010 | 1,333 | #257 | 0.69 |
| 2009 | 1,526 | #234 | 0.77 |
| 2008 | 1,700 | #221 | 0.83 |
| 2007 | 1,881 | #208 | 0.91 |
| 2006 | 1,942 | #199 | 0.94 |
| 2005 | 1,836 | #206 | 0.92 |
| 2004 | 1,858 | #203 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 1,889 | #198 | 1.0 |
| 2002 | 1,959 | #192 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | 2,061 | #182 | 1.1 |
| 2000 | 2,110 | #175 | 1.1 |
| 1999 | 2,036 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 1998 | 2,068 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1997 | 2,230 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1996 | 2,282 | #152 | 1.2 |
| 1995 | 2,398 | #147 | 1.3 |
| 1994 | 2,594 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 1993 | 2,818 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1992 | 2,932 | #118 | 1.5 |
| 1991 | 2,893 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1990 | 3,080 | #113 | 1.5 |
| 1989 | 2,797 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1988 | 2,652 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1987 | 2,406 | #118 | 1.3 |
| 1986 | 2,377 | #119 | 1.3 |
| 1985 | 2,136 | #132 | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 2,136 | #126 | 1.2 |
| 1983 | 2,175 | #122 | 1.2 |
| 1982 | 2,169 | #126 | 1.2 |
| 1981 | 2,151 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1980 | 2,227 | #123 | 1.2 |
| 1979 | 2,019 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 2,050 | #126 | 1.2 |
| 1977 | 2,155 | #125 | 1.3 |
| 1976 | 2,168 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1975 | 2,162 | #119 | 1.4 |
| 1974 | 2,371 | #109 | 1.5 |
| 1973 | 2,399 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1972 | 2,421 | #117 | 1.5 |
| 1971 | 3,022 | #105 | 1.7 |
| 1970 | 3,500 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1969 | 3,758 | #78 | 2.1 |
| 1968 | 4,073 | #68 | 2.3 |
| 1967 | 3,834 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1966 | 4,210 | #78 | 2.4 |
| 1965 | 4,932 | #67 | 2.7 |
| 1964 | 5,727 | #63 | 2.9 |
| 1963 | 6,073 | #62 | 3.0 |
| 1962 | 5,538 | #74 | 2.7 |
| 1961 | 5,476 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 1960 | 5,495 | #77 | 2.6 |
| 1959 | 5,353 | #79 | 2.5 |
| 1958 | 5,669 | #71 | 2.7 |
| 1957 | 5,965 | #69 | 2.8 |
| 1956 | 5,682 | #73 | 2.7 |
| 1955 | 5,068 | #77 | 2.5 |
| 1954 | 4,968 | #79 | 2.4 |
| 1953 | 4,778 | #82 | 2.4 |
| 1952 | 4,735 | #80 | 2.4 |
| 1951 | 4,596 | #81 | 2.4 |
| 1950 | 4,180 | #85 | 2.3 |
| 1949 | 3,903 | #83 | 2.2 |
| 1948 | 3,698 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1947 | 3,724 | #90 | 2.0 |
| 1946 | 3,333 | #92 | 2.1 |
| 1945 | 2,823 | #90 | 2.1 |
| 1944 | 2,767 | #91 | 2.0 |
| 1943 | 3,081 | #83 | 2.2 |
| 1942 | 3,045 | #85 | 2.2 |
| 1941 | 2,605 | #85 | 2.1 |
| 1940 | 2,423 | #85 | 2.1 |
| 1939 | 2,192 | #91 | 2.0 |
| 1938 | 2,313 | #87 | 2.1 |
| 1937 | 2,278 | #87 | 2.1 |
| 1936 | 2,106 | #92 | 2.0 |
| 1935 | 2,116 | #93 | 2.0 |
| 1934 | 2,178 | #91 | 2.1 |
| 1933 | 2,064 | #89 | 2.1 |
| 1932 | 2,255 | #88 | 2.2 |
| 1931 | 2,103 | #91 | 2.0 |
| 1930 | 2,322 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1929 | 2,308 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1928 | 2,428 | #83 | 2.2 |
| 1927 | 2,383 | #87 | 2.1 |
| 1926 | 2,493 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1925 | 2,417 | #83 | 2.2 |
| 1924 | 2,452 | #82 | 2.2 |
| 1923 | 2,460 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1922 | 2,402 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1921 | 2,461 | #78 | 2.2 |
| 1920 | 2,439 | #78 | 2.3 |
| 1919 | 2,204 | #81 | 2.2 |
| 1918 | 2,403 | #81 | 2.4 |
| 1917 | 2,336 | #77 | 2.5 |
| 1916 | 2,122 | #81 | 2.4 |
| 1915 | 2,070 | #79 | 2.4 |
| 1914 | 1,676 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 1913 | 1,259 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 1912 | 1,064 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 1911 | 567 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 1910 | 396 | #86 | 2.0 |
| 1909 | 391 | #79 | 2.4 |
| 1908 | 331 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1907 | 329 | #79 | 2.2 |
| 1906 | 334 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 1905 | 332 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 1904 | 334 | #71 | 2.6 |
| 1903 | 283 | #77 | 2.4 |
| 1902 | 325 | #72 | 2.6 |
| 1901 | 304 | #64 | 2.9 |
| 1900 | 383 | #70 | 2.5 |
| 1899 | 260 | #72 | 2.4 |
| 1898 | 339 | #63 | 2.8 |
| 1897 | 312 | #60 | 2.8 |
| 1896 | 343 | #61 | 2.9 |
| 1895 | 317 | #65 | 2.7 |
| 1894 | 299 | #66 | 2.6 |
| 1893 | 347 | #61 | 3.1 |
| 1892 | 359 | #61 | 2.9 |
| 1891 | 331 | #56 | 3.3 |
| 1890 | 347 | #58 | 3.1 |
| 1889 | 367 | #53 | 3.3 |
| 1888 | 378 | #54 | 3.1 |
| 1887 | 331 | #51 | 3.3 |
| 1886 | 329 | #58 | 3.0 |
| 1885 | 357 | #49 | 3.3 |
| 1884 | 385 | #49 | 3.4 |
| 1883 | 377 | #46 | 3.6 |
| 1882 | 387 | #48 | 3.4 |
| 1881 | 327 | #46 | 3.2 |
| 1880 | 357 | #45 | 3.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Martin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Martin has been given almost only to boys: 1,476 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Martin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Martin, and how old are they?
197,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 317,037 Americans ever recorded as Martin. The median Martin alive today is 53 years old; half are between 32 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 271,877 people named Martin (722 women and girls, 271,155 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 208,791 born in the U.S. The Census count is 30% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 9,030 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 63,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 41,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 38,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 28,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 15,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Martin born?
The states with the most babies named Martin are California, New York and Texas, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 41,009 | #203 | 1.5× |
| New York | 40,263 | #286 | 1.6× |
| Texas | 28,398 | #311 | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 19,924 | #296 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 19,374 | #411 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 12,915 | #530 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 12,495 | #477 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 10,393 | #320 | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 7,070 | #329 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 6,704 | #270 | 0.7× |
Where Martin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Martin is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Martin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 318,229 babies since 1880, Martin is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,009 of their 1,009 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Martin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Martin and names like it
- Compare Martin and MartynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sMartin peaked in 1963.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Martin since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Martin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Martin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Martin alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.