How Many People Are Named Marty?
people named Marty are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,834 people in the US has this name
Based on 36,269 babies named Marty in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,736 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of MARTIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Marty in English. Counting Marty and these spellings together, about 29,956 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Marty, 11.2% were girls and 88.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 10.2% of the babies were girls then and 16.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marty alive today is about 56 years old, and 51% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marty first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1962, to 1,736 babies. In 2025, 56 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marty has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #186, in 1962 to 1963. In 2025 it ranked #2,913. Among girls, its best rank was #802, in 1957.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,913 | #8,167 |
| Best rank | #186 (1962 to 1963) | #802 (1957) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #211 in the 1960s | #956 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marty alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marty were born in California than in any other state: about 2,169 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marty was given 2.8 times as often in South Dakota, 2.6 times in Tennessee and 2.5 times in Arkansas.
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