Marten

Boy · recorded 1915–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1963best year

Most popular in 1963.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 69 recorded years as a table
Marten, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19157
19166
19175
19185
19195
19206
19226
19257
19296
19305
19316
19356
19395
19415
19454
19474
19483
19493
19503
19513
19544
19553
19565
19574
19584
19593
19605
19616
19626
19638
19643
19657
19664
19675
19683
19694
19705
19713
19724
19764
19773
19793
19813
19823
19853
19864
19876
19892
19905
19913
19927
19934
19943
19964
19974
20006
20013
20035
20053
20063
20082
20093
20125
20145
20155
20174
20204
20234
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marten isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
7
Rank in 2024
#9,894
How rare
1 in 246,126 boys
Since 1915
506

Marten was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1963, at 8 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Marten doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.