Martinez
Boy · mar-TEE-nez · Spanish
Martinez is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “son of Martin”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Martinez mean?
Spanish: Spanish patronymic surname from Martin
“son of Martin”
Spanish surname meaning 'son of Martin', from the Latin Martinus, a name linked to the war god Mars.
- Say it
- mar-TEE-nez
Is Martinez a girl's or a boy's name?
Martinez is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Martinez in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Martinez, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1941.
Half of all the boys named Martinez in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1992, 13% of the babies named Martinez in the US were girls.
Martinez in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
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