Recorded 1896–2025 · United States
Marty was most popular in 1962, when 1,736 American babies were given the name — ranking #381 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,203, with 56 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 36,269 people named Marty.
Marty first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1896, which makes it about 129 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 120 of the 130 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 36,269 American births named Marty between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 29,203 are estimated to be alive today.
56 American babies were named Marty in 2025, ranking #5,203 that year.
Marty is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 58 births a year, against 49 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +20% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Marty is mostly a boy’s name — 11.3% of the 36,269 Americans given it were girls and 88.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 16% girls and 84% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 29,203 Americans named Marty are alive today — 81% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 61 years old, and half are between 52 and 66.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org