# Marten (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marten/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 506 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 506 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7 | 7,820 |
| 2000 | 11 | 6,180 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,695 |
| 2003 | 10 | 7,057 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,667 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,560 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,869 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,779 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,625 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,930 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,464 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,394 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,210 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,747 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,542 |

## People named Marten

- Marten de Roon, Dutch association football player (born 1991)
- Marten Liiv, Estonian speed skater (born 1996)
- Marten von Barnekow, German equestrian (1900-1967)
- Marten Toonder, Dutch cartoonist (1912–2005)
- Marten Eikelboom, field hockey player
- Marten Van Riel, Belgian triathlete
- Märten Kuusk, Estonian association football player (born 1996)
- Marten van Cleve, Flemish painter and draftsman (c.1527–1581)
- Marten Winkler, German association football player
- Marten Paalberg, Estonian association football player (born 2008)
- Marten van Valckenborch, Flemish Renaissance painter (1535-1612)
- Maerten de Vos, Flemish painter, draughtsman (1532-1603)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.