Martinez — boys' name

What the Data Says About Martinez

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,126 babies named Martinez between 1941 and 2022, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Martinez currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Martinez performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Martinez shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Martinez in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Martinez 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 1,126 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.