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.

Martin

#116 most common boys' name of all time · #244 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#116
Rank overall
#244 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
317,037
Since 2016
11,873
Peak year
1963 #62
Best rank
#45 1880
Girls Boys peak 6,091/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Martin is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,009 1,009 #335
2024 — 1,105 1,105 #307
2023 — 1,152 1,152 #288
2022 — 1,108 1,108 #303
2021 — 1,103 1,103 #300
2020 — 1,168 1,168 #293
2019 — 1,253 1,253 #281
2018 — 1,296 1,296 #272
2017 — 1,283 1,283 #282
2016 — 1,396 1,396 #258
2015 — 1,344 1,344 #275
2014 5 1,434 1,439 #259
2013 — 1,346 1,346 #265
2012 — 1,350 1,350 #265
2011 — 1,321 1,321 #262
2010 — 1,333 1,333 #257
2009 — 1,526 1,526 #234
2008 — 1,700 1,700 #221
2007 6 1,881 1,887 #208
2006 5 1,942 1,947 #199
2005 8 1,836 1,844 #206
2004 — 1,858 1,858 #203
2003 — 1,889 1,889 #198
2002 7 1,959 1,966 #192
2001 5 2,061 2,066 #182
2000 — 2,110 2,110 #175
1999 — 2,036 2,036 #174
1998 5 2,068 2,073 #165
1997 9 2,230 2,239 #155
1996 8 2,282 2,290 #152
1995 14 2,398 2,412 #147
1994 13 2,594 2,607 #135
1993 22 2,818 2,840 #124
1992 16 2,932 2,948 #118
1991 15 2,893 2,908 #115
1990 26 3,080 3,106 #113
1989 20 2,797 2,817 #117
1988 19 2,652 2,671 #116
1987 30 2,406 2,436 #118
1986 37 2,377 2,414 #119
1985 23 2,136 2,159 #132
1984 21 2,136 2,157 #126
1983 16 2,175 2,191 #122
1982 28 2,169 2,197 #126
1981 19 2,151 2,170 #127
1980 22 2,227 2,249 #123
1979 24 2,019 2,043 #133
1978 19 2,050 2,069 #126
1977 24 2,155 2,179 #125
1976 14 2,168 2,182 #118
1975 15 2,162 2,177 #119
1974 19 2,371 2,390 #109
1973 17 2,399 2,416 #108
1972 21 2,421 2,442 #117
1971 17 3,022 3,039 #105
1970 19 3,500 3,519 #93
1969 22 3,758 3,780 #78
1968 27 4,073 4,100 #68
1967 21 3,834 3,855 #80
1966 22 4,210 4,232 #78
1965 26 4,932 4,958 #67
1964 32 5,727 5,759 #63
1963 18 6,073 6,091 #62
1962 19 5,538 5,557 #74
1961 20 5,476 5,496 #73
1960 15 5,495 5,510 #77
1959 15 5,353 5,368 #79
1958 12 5,669 5,681 #71
1957 20 5,965 5,985 #69
1956 11 5,682 5,693 #73
1955 20 5,068 5,088 #77
1954 18 4,968 4,986 #79
1953 11 4,778 4,789 #82
1952 14 4,735 4,749 #80
1951 11 4,596 4,607 #81
1950 11 4,180 4,191 #85
1949 10 3,903 3,913 #83
1948 11 3,698 3,709 #88
1947 13 3,724 3,737 #90
1946 8 3,333 3,341 #92
1945 7 2,823 2,830 #90
1944 10 2,767 2,777 #91
1943 9 3,081 3,090 #83
1942 8 3,045 3,053 #85
1941 10 2,605 2,615 #85
1940 10 2,423 2,433 #85
1939 12 2,192 2,204 #91
1938 8 2,313 2,321 #87
1937 13 2,278 2,291 #87
1936 13 2,106 2,119 #92
1935 15 2,116 2,131 #93
1934 13 2,178 2,191 #91
1933 14 2,064 2,078 #89
1932 18 2,255 2,273 #88
1931 12 2,103 2,115 #91
1930 16 2,322 2,338 #83
1929 25 2,308 2,333 #83
1928 17 2,428 2,445 #83
1927 21 2,383 2,404 #87
1926 18 2,493 2,511 #80
1925 13 2,417 2,430 #83
1924 15 2,452 2,467 #82
1923 16 2,460 2,476 #80
1922 13 2,402 2,415 #80
1921 15 2,461 2,476 #78
1920 10 2,439 2,449 #78
1919 15 2,204 2,219 #81
1918 — 2,403 2,403 #81
1917 7 2,336 2,343 #77
1916 11 2,122 2,133 #81
1915 16 2,070 2,086 #79
1914 14 1,676 1,690 #73
1913 10 1,259 1,269 #75
1912 8 1,064 1,072 #75
1911 8 567 575 #75
1910 7 396 403 #86
1909 6 391 397 #79
1908 — 331 331 #83
1907 6 329 335 #79
1906 — 334 334 #75
1905 — 332 332 #75
1904 — 334 334 #71
1903 — 283 283 #77
1902 — 325 325 #72
1901 5 304 309 #64
1900 — 383 383 #70
1899 — 260 260 #72
1898 7 339 346 #63
1897 — 312 312 #60
1896 — 343 343 #61
1895 — 317 317 #65
1894 — 299 299 #66
1893 — 347 347 #61
1892 — 359 359 #61
1891 — 331 331 #56
1890 5 347 352 #59
1889 — 367 367 #53
1888 — 378 378 #54
1887 5 331 336 #51
1886 — 329 329 #58
1885 — 357 357 #49
1884 — 385 385 #48
1883 — 377 377 #46
1882 — 387 387 #48
1881 — 327 327 #46
1880 — 357 357 #45