How Many People Are Named Martyn?
people named Martyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 769,785 people in the US has this name
Based on 566 babies named Martyn in Social Security records from 1917 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Welsh and Ukrainian form of MARTIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Martyn in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Martyn alive today is about 47 years old, and 41% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Martyn first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1956, to 17 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Martyn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,994, in 1956.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,994 (1956) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,317 in the 1950s |
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