Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Martin

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Martin
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1963

Peak rank proxy

6,070

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19632024

Peak year

1963

Decline from peak

81.9%

2024

1,101

All-time

314,547

Martin has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1963, when 6,070 boys were named Martin.

In 2024, only 1,101 boys were given the name.

Down 81.9% from its peak.

All told, about 314,547 Americans have been named Martin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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