# Marty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marty/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑɹti/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 36,269 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32,180 / 4,089 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 404, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Martin + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 17,178 |
| 2003 | 6 | 15,081 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,847 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,845 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19,446 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,632 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,873 |
| 2017 | 14 | 8,134 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,102 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,522 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,006 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,840 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,893 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,903 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,169 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 2,689 |
| 2012 | 50 | 2,511 |
| 2013 | 42 | 2,794 |
| 2014 | 50 | 2,504 |
| 2015 | 41 | 2,896 |
| 2016 | 41 | 2,917 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,103 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,490 |
| 2019 | 51 | 2,572 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,741 |
| 2021 | 63 | 2,249 |
| 2022 | 42 | 2,982 |
| 2023 | 44 | 2,871 |
| 2024 | 51 | 2,618 |
| 2025 | 43 | 2,914 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,159 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Marty

- Marty Feldman, British author, actor, comedian and director (1934–1982)
- Marty Friedman, American guitarist
- Marty Robbins, American country singer (1925–1982)
- Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
- Marty Jannetty, American professional wrestler (born 1960)
- Marty Nothstein, American cyclist and politician
- Marty Stuart, American musician
- Marty Allen, American comedian, actor, and philanthropist (1922-2018)
- Marty Paich, American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925
- Marty Meehan, American politician
- Marty Napoleon, American pianist (1921–2015)
- Marty Barry, Canadian ice hockey player (1905–1969)

## 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.