How common is the name Martin?

271,877 people in the United States have the first name Martin, about 1 in 1,111. It ranks #197 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARTIN

#197

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
271,877
About
1 in 1,111
This common or more
41.3%
Who bears it

Of the 271,877 people named Martin, 50.3% reported their origin as White, 41.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Martin peaked in 1963, when 6,091 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1963
Births that year
6,091
In 2025*
1,009 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 317,037 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Martin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #134. The largest share of babies named Martin, 29.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#1343,600
1890s#1933,266
1900s#2393,363
1910s#18816,193
1920s#19524,406
1930s#21022,061
1940s#19631,498
1950s#16651,137
1960s#15149,338
1970s#24624,456
1980s#25523,461
1990s#26525,459
2000s#38618,793
2010s#52013,361
2020s#6016,645
Before 19012.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2712.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.8%
Baby boom 1946–6429.7%
Generation X 1965–8015%
Millennials 1981–9612.7%
Generation Z 1997–129.2%
2013 and later5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Martin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Martin has been most common in New Mexico (2×), New York (1.7×), and Arizona (1.5×), and least common in Alabama (0.41×).

303,774 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Martin

#195 Alyssa · 274,552#196 Crystal · 274,101#198 Jean · 270,231#199 Mason · 269,852

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Martin, most common first.

#1,292 Martina · 28,494#3,752 Martine · 5,324#13,238 Martyn · 918#14,160 Martino · 837#17,232 Marten · 644#25,390 Martins · 374#28,083 Marton · 322#41,535 Martini · 176

Also a last name

As a last name, Martin ranks #22 of 156,621, with 678,691 people. See Martin as a last name

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