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Martin

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~205,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#335 among boys
Births in 2025
1,009 317,037 since 1880
Typical age
54 years, median

Martin popularity over time

Martin rank by birth year, 1880–2025Martin ranked #44 in 1880 and #335 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #44, in 1880.#100#335best #44 in 188018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1963 is the peak year for Martin, with 6,091 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 91 years put Martin in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #335, with 1,009 births that year. Over ten years the count has fallen 25%. Year on year the rank dropped by 28.

Babies named Martin per yearPeaks at 6,091 births in 1963.6,091 in 1963018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Martin?

Roughly 205,200 Martins are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 317,037 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Martin?

Median age among living Martins: 54. Most living bearers were born in the 1960s. By the site’s era rules that makes Martin a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Martin

Ages of living people named MartinHalf of living Martins are older than 54 and half younger.median 54020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Martin is most common

The name is concentrated in New Mexico, at 2.2× the national rate. District of Columbia, Arizona and California follow.

Where Martin is used more than average5 states use the name Martin more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.6× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.6× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 2.0× the national rateAZNew Mexico: 2.2× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.2× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Martin is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Mexico 95 2.2×
District of Columbia 47 2.2×
Arizona 436 2.0×
California 2,064 1.6×
Illinois 562 1.6×

Martin in England and Wales

ONS recorded 115 births named Martin in 2025, ranking it #363. That is 30% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Martin comes from

From Middle English Martin, from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”), Mars + -īnus. See Mārs for further etymology.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Martin

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Martin Luther German priest and theologian 1483–1546 259
Martin Luther King Jr. American Baptist minister and civil rights leader 1929–1968 247
Martin Heidegger German philosopher 1889–1976 148
Martin Van Buren president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 1782–1862 146
Martin Scorsese American filmmaker 1942 114
Martin Landau American actor 1928–2017 88
Martin of Tours Christian saint 316–397 82
Martin Bormann German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery 1900–1945 79
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 575 in 1911 to 1,072 in 1912 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Martin

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Martin was in 2025.

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