# Martyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/martyn/  
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 | 566 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 566 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 513, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 | 8,788 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9,052 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,314 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,688 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,873 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,938 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,624 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,341 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,338 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,352 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,651 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,427 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,362 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,782 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,521 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | 1,749 |
| 2010 | 11 | 1,911 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |

## People named Martyn

- Martyn Rooney, British athletics competitor (born 1987)
- Martyn Poliakoff, British chemist
- Martyn Bernard, British high jump athlete
- Martyn Waghorn, English footballer (born 1990)
- Martyn Ware, English musician
- Martyn Grimley, field hockey player
- Martyn Brabbins, British conductor
- Martyn Woodroffe, British swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
- Martyn Burke, Canadian writer
- Martyn Ford, British actor and bodybuilder
- Martyn Roper, British diplomat
- Martyn Woolford, English association football player (born 1985)

## 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.