Martin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAR-tin
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #353 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #335 for boys
- Style
- Timeless
Martin is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 353rd for boys in the UK (133 babies) and 335th for boys in the US (1,009 babies).
What does Martin mean?
Latin: from Martinus
“of Mars”
From Latin Martinus; St Martin of Tours is famed for cutting his cloak in half to share with a beggar.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Martin a girl's or a boy's name?
Martin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 133 boys in the UK and 1,009 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Martin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 353rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 133 about 1 in 2,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 133 boys in the UK were named Martin, making it the 353rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 285th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 579 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Martin since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Martin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 363rd in England and Wales, 333rd in Scotland and 237th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#85), 1914 (#86), 1924 (#89), 1934 (#80), 1944 (#41), 1954 (#21), 1964 (#18), 1974 (#26), 1984 (#36) and 1994 (#87).
Martin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 133 | #353 |
| 2024 | 145 | #343 |
| 2023 | 166 | #305 |
| 2022 | 157 | #323 |
| 2021 | 235 | #242 |
| 2020 | 184 | #285 |
| 2019 | 213 | #259 |
| 2018 | 256 | #227 |
| 2017 | 246 | #247 |
| 2016 | 253 | #243 |
| 2015 | 257 | #246 |
| 2014 | 258 | #242 |
| 2013 | 208 | #269 |
| 2012 | 226 | #247 |
| 2011 | 240 | #231 |
| 2010 | 233 | #237 |
| 2009 | 215 | #239 |
| 2008 | 216 | #237 |
| 2007 | 235 | #220 |
| 2006 | 188 | #234 |
| 2005 | 226 | #201 |
| 2004 | 244 | #184 |
| 2003 | 252 | #174 |
| 2002 | 237 | #176 |
| 2001 | 316 | #144 |
| 2000 | 324 | #137 |
| 1999 | 364 | #130 |
| 1998 | 447 | #121 |
| 1997 | 513 | #112 |
| 1996 | 579 | #102 |
How popular is Martin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 335th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,009 about 1 in 1,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,009 boys in the US were named Martin, making it the 335th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 293rd. Its busiest year was 1963, with 6,073 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Martin than any year since 1911.
Half of all the boys named Martin in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Martin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,009 | #335 |
| 2024 | 1,105 | #307 |
| 2023 | 1,152 | #288 |
| 2022 | 1,108 | #303 |
| 2021 | 1,103 | #300 |
| 2020 | 1,168 | #293 |
| 2019 | 1,253 | #281 |
| 2018 | 1,296 | #272 |
| 2017 | 1,283 | #282 |
| 2016 | 1,396 | #258 |
| 2015 | 1,344 | #275 |
| 2014 | 1,434 | #259 |
| 2013 | 1,346 | #265 |
| 2012 | 1,350 | #265 |
| 2011 | 1,321 | #262 |
| 2010 | 1,333 | #257 |
| 2009 | 1,526 | #234 |
| 2008 | 1,700 | #221 |
| 2007 | 1,881 | #208 |
| 2006 | 1,942 | #199 |
| 2005 | 1,836 | #206 |
| 2004 | 1,858 | #203 |
| 2003 | 1,889 | #198 |
| 2002 | 1,959 | #192 |
| 2001 | 2,061 | #182 |
| 2000 | 2,110 | #175 |
| 1999 | 2,036 | #173 |
| 1998 | 2,068 | #165 |
| 1997 | 2,230 | #155 |
| 1996 | 2,282 | #152 |
| 1995 | 2,398 | #147 |
| 1994 | 2,594 | #135 |
| 1993 | 2,818 | #124 |
| 1992 | 2,932 | #118 |
| 1991 | 2,893 | #115 |
| 1990 | 3,080 | #113 |
| 1989 | 2,797 | #117 |
| 1988 | 2,652 | #116 |
| 1987 | 2,406 | #118 |
| 1986 | 2,377 | #119 |
| 1985 | 2,136 | #132 |
| 1984 | 2,136 | #126 |
| 1983 | 2,175 | #122 |
| 1982 | 2,169 | #126 |
| 1981 | 2,151 | #127 |
| 1980 | 2,227 | #123 |
| 1979 | 2,019 | #133 |
| 1978 | 2,050 | #126 |
| 1977 | 2,155 | #125 |
| 1976 | 2,168 | #118 |
| 1975 | 2,162 | #119 |
| 1974 | 2,371 | #109 |
| 1973 | 2,399 | #108 |
| 1972 | 2,421 | #117 |
| 1971 | 3,022 | #105 |
| 1970 | 3,500 | #93 |
| 1969 | 3,758 | #78 |
| 1968 | 4,073 | #68 |
| 1967 | 3,834 | #80 |
| 1966 | 4,210 | #78 |
| 1965 | 4,932 | #67 |
| 1964 | 5,727 | #63 |
| 1963 | 6,073 | #62 |
| 1962 | 5,538 | #74 |
| 1961 | 5,476 | #73 |
| 1960 | 5,495 | #77 |
| 1959 | 5,353 | #79 |
| 1958 | 5,669 | #71 |
| 1957 | 5,965 | #69 |
| 1956 | 5,682 | #73 |
| 1955 | 5,068 | #77 |
| 1954 | 4,968 | #79 |
| 1953 | 4,778 | #82 |
| 1952 | 4,735 | #80 |
| 1951 | 4,596 | #81 |
| 1950 | 4,180 | #85 |
| 1949 | 3,903 | #83 |
| 1948 | 3,698 | #88 |
| 1947 | 3,724 | #90 |
| 1946 | 3,333 | #92 |
| 1945 | 2,823 | #90 |
| 1944 | 2,767 | #91 |
| 1943 | 3,081 | #83 |
| 1942 | 3,045 | #85 |
| 1941 | 2,605 | #85 |
| 1940 | 2,423 | #85 |
| 1939 | 2,192 | #91 |
| 1938 | 2,313 | #87 |
| 1937 | 2,278 | #87 |
| 1936 | 2,106 | #92 |
| 1935 | 2,116 | #93 |
| 1934 | 2,178 | #91 |
| 1933 | 2,064 | #89 |
| 1932 | 2,255 | #88 |
| 1931 | 2,103 | #91 |
| 1930 | 2,322 | #83 |
| 1929 | 2,308 | #83 |
| 1928 | 2,428 | #83 |
| 1927 | 2,383 | #87 |
| 1926 | 2,493 | #80 |
| 1925 | 2,417 | #83 |
| 1924 | 2,452 | #82 |
| 1923 | 2,460 | #80 |
| 1922 | 2,402 | #80 |
| 1921 | 2,461 | #78 |
| 1920 | 2,439 | #78 |
| 1919 | 2,204 | #81 |
| 1918 | 2,403 | #81 |
| 1917 | 2,336 | #77 |
| 1916 | 2,122 | #81 |
| 1915 | 2,070 | #79 |
| 1914 | 1,676 | #73 |
| 1913 | 1,259 | #75 |
| 1912 | 1,064 | #75 |
| 1911 | 567 | #75 |
| 1910 | 396 | #86 |
| 1909 | 391 | #79 |
| 1908 | 331 | #83 |
| 1907 | 329 | #79 |
| 1906 | 334 | #75 |
| 1905 | 332 | #75 |
| 1904 | 334 | #71 |
| 1903 | 283 | #77 |
| 1902 | 325 | #72 |
| 1901 | 304 | #64 |
| 1900 | 383 | #70 |
| 1899 | 260 | #72 |
| 1898 | 339 | #63 |
| 1897 | 312 | #60 |
| 1896 | 343 | #61 |
| 1895 | 317 | #65 |
| 1894 | 299 | #66 |
| 1893 | 347 | #61 |
| 1892 | 359 | #61 |
| 1891 | 331 | #56 |
| 1890 | 347 | #57 |
| 1889 | 367 | #53 |
| 1888 | 378 | #54 |
| 1887 | 331 | #51 |
| 1886 | 329 | #58 |
| 1885 | 357 | #49 |
| 1884 | 385 | #48 |
| 1883 | 377 | #46 |
| 1882 | 387 | #48 |
| 1881 | 327 | #46 |
| 1880 | 357 | #44 |
Nicknames for Martin
- Marty 9 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Martin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Patrick, John, Thomas, Robert, William, Michael, James, Joseph, David, Peter, Charles, Mark
Names related to Martin
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Martin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/martin, updated 20 October 2026.