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.

Martyn

#6,777 most common boys' name of all time · #17,002 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2024

Rank among boys
#6,777
Rank overall
#17,002 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
566
Since 2016
34
Peak year
1956 #1,998
Best rank
#1,998 1956
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
192019401960198020002020

Martyn first appears in 1917. 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
2024 — 5 5 #12,512
2022 — 6 6 #11,007
2020 — 5 5 #12,192
2019 — 5 5 #12,322
2018 — 6 6 #10,903
2016 — 7 7 #9,782
2015 — 5 5 #12,257
2014 — 7 7 #9,762
2011 — 5 5 #12,460
2009 — 6 6 #11,149
2008 — 5 5 #12,751
2007 — 5 5 #12,565
2006 — 5 5 #12,246
2002 — 7 7 #8,578
2000 — 7 7 #8,330
1999 — 8 8 #7,258
1998 — 7 7 #7,707
1995 — 6 6 #7,957
1994 — 12 12 #4,877
1993 — 7 7 #6,951
1992 — 8 8 #6,225
1990 — 9 9 #5,468
1989 — 7 7 #6,392
1987 — 8 8 #5,088
1986 — 6 6 #6,107
1985 — 9 9 #4,449
1984 — 8 8 #4,665
1981 — 5 5 #6,508
1980 — 6 6 #5,720
1979 — 10 10 #3,890
1978 — 7 7 #4,703
1977 — 8 8 #4,283
1976 — 8 8 #4,143
1975 — 5 5 #5,701
1973 — 10 10 #3,337
1972 — 9 9 #3,465
1971 — 6 6 #4,583
1970 — 11 11 #2,987
1969 — 8 8 #3,443
1968 — 9 9 #3,008
1967 — 7 7 #3,397
1966 — 10 10 #2,715
1965 — 13 13 #2,340
1964 — 12 12 #2,500
1963 — 10 10 #2,777
1962 — 7 7 #3,490
1961 — 12 12 #2,498
1960 — 14 14 #2,277
1959 — 14 14 #2,264
1958 — 13 13 #2,337
1957 — 13 13 #2,345
1956 — 17 17 #1,998
1955 — 15 15 #2,121
1954 — 15 15 #2,096
1953 — 9 9 #2,846
1952 — 11 11 #2,489
1951 — 9 9 #2,794
1950 — 7 7 #3,243
1949 — 6 6 #3,569
1948 — 6 6 #3,548
1946 — 5 5 #3,848
1945 — 5 5 #3,655
1943 — 9 9 #2,711
1942 — 7 7 #3,166
1941 — 5 5 #3,871
1939 — 9 9 #2,590
1937 — 6 6 #3,452
1930 — 5 5 #4,354
1921 — 6 6 #4,196
1917 — 6 6 #3,949