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Martin
Pronounced /ˈmɑː.tɪn/
Rank in 2024
#308
Born in 2024
1,101
Peak year
1963 · #62
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,101 boys were named Martin, about 1 in every 1,558.
- It peaked in 1963 with 6,070 babies, ranked #62.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 314,547 boys have been named Martin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Martin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.3Greatest1901–27
- 2.1Silent1928–45
- 2.5Boomers1946–64
- 1.7Gen X1965–80
- 1.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.9Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 38,567 babies, 2.31 per 1,000. Silent: 43,407 babies, 2.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 93,956 babies, 2.50 per 1,000. Gen X: 47,310 babies, 1.74 per 1,000. Millennials: 39,994 babies, 1.31 per 1,000. Gen Z: 29,098 babies, 0.93 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 14,983 babies, 0.69 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Martin, from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”), Mārs, Mārtis + -īnus (diminutive suffix). See Mārs for further etymology.
- A male given name from Latin originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈmɑː.tɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0.