Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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