# Martin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/martin/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | “of”, “like mars”, “little mars” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑː.tɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Mart |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 317,037 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 315,561 / 1,476 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,002, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Martin, from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”), Mārs, Mārtis + -īnus (diminutive suffix). See Mārs for further etymology.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 26 | 3,968 |
| 1991 | 15 | 6,142 |
| 1992 | 16 | 5,903 |
| 1993 | 22 | 4,608 |
| 1994 | 13 | 6,938 |
| 1995 | 14 | 6,492 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,179 |
| 1997 | 9 | 9,530 |
| 1998 | 5 | 15,679 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,992 |
| 2002 | 7 | 13,121 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,592 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,033 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,843 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,274 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,321 | 262 |
| 2012 | 1,350 | 265 |
| 2013 | 1,346 | 265 |
| 2014 | 1,434 | 259 |
| 2015 | 1,344 | 275 |
| 2016 | 1,396 | 258 |
| 2017 | 1,283 | 282 |
| 2018 | 1,296 | 272 |
| 2019 | 1,253 | 281 |
| 2020 | 1,168 | 293 |
| 2021 | 1,103 | 301 |
| 2022 | 1,108 | 303 |
| 2023 | 1,152 | 289 |
| 2024 | 1,105 | 308 |
| 2025 | 1,009 | 335 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 196 | 244 |
| 2012 | 183 | 259 |
| 2013 | 179 | 268 |
| 2014 | 220 | 247 |
| 2015 | 226 | 242 |
| 2016 | 213 | 252 |
| 2017 | 207 | 259 |
| 2018 | 231 | 225 |
| 2019 | 187 | 262 |
| 2020 | 165 | 281 |
| 2021 | 208 | 240 |
| 2022 | 141 | 317 |
| 2023 | 147 | 301 |
| 2024 | 126 | 346 |
| 2025 | 115 | 363 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مَارْتِن
- Armenian: Մարտին
- Bulgarian: Мартин
- Catalan: Martí
- Chinese: 馬丁 /马丁, 瑪爾定 /玛尔定
- Czech: Martin
- Danish: Martin, Morten
- Dutch: Martijn, Maarten, Martinus
- Esperanto: Marteno
- Estonian: Martin, Mart
- Finnish: Martti
- French: Martin
- German: Martin
- Greek: Μαρτίνος, Μάρτιν
- Hebrew: מרטין
- Hungarian: Márton
- Icelandic: Marteinn
- Irish: Mártan, Máirtín
- Italian: Martino
- Japanese: マーティン

## People named Martin

- Martin Luther King Jr., American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
- Martin Scorsese, American filmmaker (born 1942)
- Martin Landau, American actor (1928–2017)
- Martin of Tours, Christian saint
- Martin Buber, German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)
- Martin Bormann, German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery (1900–1945)
- Martin Weinek, Austrian actor, character actor, wine producer, entrepreneur and entertainer
- Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer (1918–1984)
- Martin Lewis Perl, American scientist (1927–2014)
- Martin Lawrence, American actor and comedian (born 1965)
- Martin Freeman, English actor
- Martin Amis, British novelist (1949–2023)

## 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.