Martel
#3,454 most common boys' name of all time · #8,415 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1920–2025
Rank among boys
#3,454
Rank overall
#8,415 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
1,706
Since 2016
134
Peak year
1991 #1,331
Best rank
#1,149 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 72/yr
Martel first appears in 1920. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,821 |
| 2024 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,842 |
| 2023 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,360 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,844 |
| 2021 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2020 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,336 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,302 |
| 2018 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,249 |
| 2017 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2016 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,607 |
| 2015 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,108 |
| 2014 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,092 |
| 2013 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,098 |
| 2012 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,516 |
| 2011 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,465 |
| 2010 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,016 |
| 2009 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,316 |
| 2008 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,170 |
| 2007 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,524 |
| 2006 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,808 |
| 2005 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,964 |
| 2004 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,564 |
| 2003 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,304 |
| 2002 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,128 |
| 2001 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,252 |
| 2000 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,089 |
| 1999 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,625 |
| 1998 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,874 |
| 1997 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,326 |
| 1996 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,231 |
| 1995 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,672 |
| 1994 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,874 |
| 1993 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,482 |
| 1992 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,479 |
| 1991 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,331 |
| 1990 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,378 |
| 1989 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,299 |
| 1988 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,347 |
| 1987 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,328 |
| 1986 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,371 |
| 1985 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,163 |
| 1984 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,449 |
| 1983 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,149 |
| 1982 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,580 |
| 1981 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #2,062 |
| 1980 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,323 |
| 1979 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,718 |
| 1978 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,863 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,493 |
| 1976 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,165 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,779 |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,972 |
| 1973 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,839 |
| 1972 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,490 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,900 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,818 |
| 1969 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,970 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,020 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,418 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,757 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,338 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,215 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,365 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,460 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,385 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,075 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,132 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,255 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,931 |