Boys' name · since 1916
Marton
Marton has 120 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,223 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 120
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Marton is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 120 have been recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marton has been recorded 120 times among boys since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2017.
- #16,223 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 120 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marton ranks #16,223 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 120 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #16,223 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 120
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Marton's 120 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marton's full recorded timeline at 1955, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1923 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2017
- Peak year (1923)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Marton by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (27 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Marton's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Marton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
27 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
20 births
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 27 births (23% of all-time use).
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What to do with Marton's data
- Marton's decade-level peak was the 1920s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1916–2017 (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 Marton 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.