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.

Martell

#2,640 most common boys' name of all time · #6,347 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#2,640
Rank overall
#6,347 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
2,666
Since 2016
198
Peak year
1986 #812
Best rank
#812 1986
Girls Boys peak 124/yr
192019401960198020002020

Martell first appears in 1915. 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 — 11 11 #7,242
2024 — 13 13 #6,511
2023 — 13 13 #6,566
2022 — 19 19 #5,045
2021 — 17 17 #5,372
2020 — 14 14 #6,032
2019 — 23 23 #4,364
2018 — 23 23 #4,375
2017 — 34 34 #3,324
2016 — 31 31 #3,534
2015 — 30 30 #3,603
2014 — 33 33 #3,307
2013 — 43 43 #2,725
2012 — 36 36 #3,135
2011 — 31 31 #3,448
2010 — 43 43 #2,795
2009 — 42 42 #2,856
2008 — 34 34 #3,297
2007 — 33 33 #3,321
2006 — 46 46 #2,583
2005 — 40 40 #2,710
2004 — 35 35 #2,899
2003 — 27 27 #3,377
2002 — 36 36 #2,645
2001 — 31 31 #2,944
2000 — 45 45 #2,200
1999 — 45 45 #2,108
1998 — 56 56 #1,800
1997 — 43 43 #2,071
1996 — 54 54 #1,726
1995 — 62 62 #1,534
1994 — 59 59 #1,569
1993 — 71 71 #1,362
1992 — 85 85 #1,226
1991 — 106 106 #1,049
1990 — 117 117 #969
1989 — 105 105 #998
1988 — 104 104 #947
1987 5 105 110 #925
1986 — 124 124 #812
1985 — 117 117 #829
1984 5 90 95 #929
1983 6 111 117 #829
1982 — 71 71 #1,085
1981 — 22 22 #2,291
1980 — 17 17 #2,771
1979 — 13 13 #3,238
1978 — 11 11 #3,463
1977 — 9 9 #3,920
1976 5 11 16 #3,330
1975 — 7 7 #4,444
1974 — 10 10 #3,411
1973 — 9 9 #3,525
1972 — 13 13 #2,723
1971 — 11 11 #3,043
1970 — 14 14 #2,553
1967 — 5 5 #4,190
1965 — 7 7 #3,375
1964 — 5 5 #4,246
1962 — 8 8 #3,179
1960 — 6 6 #3,830
1959 — 7 7 #3,447
1957 — 8 8 #3,159
1956 — 5 5 #4,145
1955 — 6 6 #3,697
1950 — 5 5 #3,921
1948 — 5 5 #3,948
1947 — 5 5 #4,003
1944 — 6 6 #3,312
1940 — 5 5 #3,716
1937 — 5 5 #3,803
1936 — 8 8 #2,808
1935 — 5 5 #3,912
1934 — 5 5 #3,957
1933 — 5 5 #3,914
1931 — 5 5 #4,059
1930 — 6 6 #3,840
1928 — 5 5 #4,440
1925 — 7 7 #3,616
1924 5 6 11 #4,109
1923 — 5 5 #4,548
1922 — 5 5 #4,564
1921 — 6 6 #4,093
1920 — 6 6 #4,066
1919 5 — 5 —
1918 — 5 5 #4,471
1917 — 8 8 #3,151
1915 5 — 5 —