How Many People Are Named Martel?
people named Martel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 213,482 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,706 babies named Martel in Social Security records from 1920 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
72 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Martel, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 4% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Martel alive today is about 31 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Martel first appears in the records in 1920 and was given most often in 1991, to 72 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1920 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Martel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,151, in 1983. In 2025 it ranked #10,309.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,309 |
| Best rank | #1,151 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,411 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Martel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Martel were born in California than in any other state: about 150 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Martel was given 7.7 times as often in Michigan, 5.7 times in Illinois and 2.3 times in California.
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