The name Martin is of Latin origin, and means warlike.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Martin has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Martin
Use of the Name Martin for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
286,161
159,190
58,208
20,794
9,813
3,708
1,831
The table below indicates the number of times the name Martin has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Martin
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
45
357
1881
46
328
1882
48
387
1883
46
377
1884
49
385
1885
49
358
1886
58
329
1887
51
331
1888
54
378
1889
53
368
1890
58
347
1891
56
331
1892
61
359
1893
61
347
1894
66
299
1895
65
318
1896
61
344
1897
60
311
1898
63
340
1899
72
260
1900
70
381
1901
64
304
1902
72
325
1903
77
284
1904
71
334
1905
75
332
1906
75
334
1907
78
330
1908
83
330
1909
79
391
1910
86
396
1911
75
564
1912
75
1,062
1913
75
1,256
1914
73
1,674
1915
79
2,073
1916
81
2,122
1917
77
2,331
1918
81
2,401
1919
81
2,211
1920
78
2,441
1921
78
2,459
1922
80
2,409
1923
81
2,447
1924
82
2,455
1925
83
2,413
1926
80
2,498
1927
87
2,375
1928
83
2,423
1929
83
2,300
1930
83
2,330
1931
91
2,097
1932
88
2,250
1933
89
2,060
1934
91
2,172
1935
93
2,115
1936
92
2,105
1937
87
2,276
1938
87
2,308
1939
90
2,191
1940
85
2,429
1941
85
2,602
1942
85
3,041
1943
83
3,071
1944
91
2,757
1945
90
2,825
1946
92
3,325
1947
90
3,703
1948
88
3,704
1949
83
3,881
1950
84
4,186
1951
81
4,581
1952
80
4,722
1953
82
4,758
1954
79
4,973
1955
77
5,050
1956
73
5,671
1957
69
5,955
1958
71
5,658
1959
80
5,336
1960
77
5,494
1961
73
5,462
1962
74
5,539
1963
62
6,068
1964
63
5,721
1965
67
4,936
1966
78
4,206
1967
80
3,829
1968
68
4,071
1969
78
3,762
1970
93
3,496
1971
105
3,010
1972
118
2,422
1973
108
2,396
1974
109
2,367
1975
119
2,155
1976
118
2,163
1977
125
2,155
1978
126
2,047
1979
133
2,013
1980
123
2,221
1981
127
2,140
1982
126
2,158
1983
122
2,167
1984
127
2,126
1985
132
2,131
1986
119
2,364
1987
118
2,395
1988
118
2,642
1989
117
2,784
1990
113
3,074
1991
115
2,890
1992
117
2,931
1993
124
2,804
1994
135
2,587
1995
149
2,389
1996
152
2,278
1997
155
2,223
1998
165
2,060
1999
173
2,031
2000
175
2,100
2001
182
2,054
2002
193
1,951
2003
198
1,877
2004
203
1,831
Totals:
286,161
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Martin as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.