Martel
Martel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199172 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1920
- 1,689people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,689 boys have been named Martel in the United States since 1920, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 72 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1980s alone account for 29%.
By decade
In 1991, its biggest year
Martel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Martel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kcpeak 1991
- Terellpeak 1994
- Martellpeak 1986
- Brandinpeak 1988
- Jerellpeak 1988
- Derrikpeak 1991
- Koreypeak 1990
- Johnathonpeak 1990
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.