Martyn

Boy · recorded 1917–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

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 1917

04819171944197119972024

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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 70 recorded years as a table
Martyn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19176
19215
19305
19376
19398
19414
19425
19436
19454
19463
19483
19493
19504
19515
19526
19535
19547
19557
19568
19576
19586
19597
19607
19616
19623
19635
19646
19657
19666
19674
19685
19694
19706
19713
19726
19736
19753
19765
19775
19784
19796
19803
19813
19844
19855
19863
19874
19893
19904
19924
19934
19946
19953
19984
19994
20004
20024
20062
20072
20082
20093
20113
20144
20153
20164
20183
20193
20203
20223
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Martyn 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
5
Rank in 2024
#12,349
How rare
1 in 344,577 boys
Since 1917
566

Martyn 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 1939, at 8 per million boys born.

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

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