Martrell — #9159 US boys' name
550 babies named Martrell in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Martrell was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Martrell in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Martrell
The Social Security Administration has registered 550 babies named Martrell between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Martrell currently holds the #9159 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Martrell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Martrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Martrell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Martrell 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 550 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.
Martrell at a glance
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Current rank
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Martrell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (1989)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #9159 among boys.
550 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 23 births in a single year.
Martrell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 148 births that decade — 27% of Martrell's all-time total
Martrell decade highlights
- Peak decade 148 births
- Runner-up 144 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Martrell's strongest decade
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Martrell by state
Where Martrell concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 48 | 8.7% |
48 of 550 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 8.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 8.7% 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, 1974–2024 (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.