Mostly boys · peaked in 1963
Marty name popularity since 1925
35,983 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marty (11.2% girls, 88.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1964 or earlier, so the typical Marty is about 62 years old in 2026. Marty peaked in 1963 as the #186 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 35,983
- Named Marty, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,914 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 88.8% boys
- 4,041 girls · 31,942 boys
- Most popular in
- Tennessee
- 2.47× its national share
Peak year is the year Marty made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Marty births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1962. Measured as a share of all babies, Marty peaked in 1963.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Marty became 4.3× more common, from 1 in 6,970 baby boys to 1 in 1,600.
- Steepest fall: Between 1976 and 1981, its share of baby boys fell by 56%, from 1 in 3,270 to 1 in 7,460.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marty's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marty.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marty in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 57 | 93 | – |
| 1930s | 160 | 347 | #1,342 |
| 1940s | 631 | 1,152 | #551 |
| 1950s | 1,078 | 7,309 | #287 |
| 1960s | 1,043 | 12,787 | #205 |
| 1970s | 657 | 5,724 | #314 |
| 1980s | 168 | 2,030 | #713 |
| 1990s | 107 | 1,149 | #1,179 |
| 2000s | 36 | 605 | #2,260 |
| 2010s | 48 | 458 | #2,896 |
| 2020–25 | 56 | 288 | #2,914 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.0% of babies named Marty from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Marty is most popular
The index compares Marty's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Marty.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 2.47× | 1,569 |
| Arkansas | 2.39× | 740 |
| Iowa | 2.26× | 865 |
| Kentucky | 2.19× | 1,105 |
| North Carolina | 2.08× | 1,774 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marty's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marty.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marty (1963).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data