first name
MARTY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,375 people named Marty, 83.1% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Black and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 87.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marty peaked in 1962, when 1,736 babies got the name.
At least 36,269 babies have been given the name since 1896. 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.
Marty by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #426. The largest share of babies named Marty, 48.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Marty is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marty has been most common in South Dakota (2.9×), Tennessee (2.4×), and Arkansas (2.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.07×).
29,844 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 Marty
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marty, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marty ranks #7,157 of 156,621, with 4,501 people. See Marty as a last name
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