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The first name Mart

A boy’s name.

1 syllable Male

Meaning and origin

A diminutive of the male given name Martin.

Mart is a short form of

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From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Mart at birth, 1880–2025

In 2006, 5 boys born in the United States were named Mart, the 13,309th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1958, when 28 were.

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1,039
babies named Mart since 1880
#13,309
rank in 2006
1958
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Famous people named Mart

21 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Mart Laar
    Estonian politician and historian (born 1960)
  • Mart Poom
    Estonian footballer and coach (born 1972)
  • Mart Siimann
    Estonian politician (born 1946)
  • Mart Stam
    Dutch architect (1899–1986)
  • Mart Helme
    Estonian historian, diplomat and politician (born 1949)
  • Mart Saar
    Estonian musician (1882–1963)
  • Mart Kuusik
    Estonian-Russian rower (1877-1965)
  • Mart Port
    Estonian architect (1922–2012)
  • Märt Israel
    Estonian athletics competitor (born 1983)
  • Mart Ojavee
    Estonian cyclist (born 1981)
  • Mart Seim
    Estonian weightlifter (born 1990)
  • Mart Niklus
    Estonian politician and freedom fighter (born 1934)

Questions

Is Mart a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 1,039 US babies named Mart since 1880 were boys.
When was Mart most popular?
1958 in the United States, when 28 babies were named Mart, its highest rank at 1,504th.