Boys' name · since 1941
Martinez
1,132 babies named Martinez in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,744 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,852 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,132
- born since 1941
- 1990s
- peak decade
Martinez currently ranks #10852 among boys' names in America, with 1,132 babies recorded since 1941.
Martinez has 1,132 recorded births among boys since 1941, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10852 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 2025.
- #4,744 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,852 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,132 born since 1941
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martinez ranks #4,744 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,852 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,132 born since 1941, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,744 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,852 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,132
- born since 1941
- 1990s
- peak decade
Martinez's 1,132 recorded births place it above 89.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Martinez compares
1,132 Top 30% higher than 70% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Martinez's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Martinez | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,132 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 34 | 22,252 |
Martinez's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Martinez splits its recorded history at 1986: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 41 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Martinez popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 85 years of records
Martinez popularity over time - girls
29 total births recorded since 1976 (Martinez as girls' name)
Martinez by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (264 births, 23% of the file).
1990s was Martinez's strongest decade.
264 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Martinez births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 98
1950s
98 births
- 1960s
1960s
116 births
- 1970s
1970s
192 births
- 1980s
1980s
230 births
- 1990s
1990s
264 births
- 2000s
2000s
129 births
- 2010s 74
2010s
74 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 264 births (23% of all-time use).
How Martinez compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Martinez's total volume
Martinez by state
Where Martinez concentrates geographically, total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 22 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
22 of 1,132 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Martinez's data
- Martinez's decade-level peak was the 1990s (264 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Martinezs (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Martinez: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~84 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, 1941–2025 (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 Martinez 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.