Martins

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Martins: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Martins: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #393, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#393highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4052
2008	#3158
2009	#3744
2010	#2400
2011	#3300
2012	#2458
2013	#2403
2014	#1486
2015	#2020
2016	#2804
2017	#3996
2018	#4749
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

In 2011: #490 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3300 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #393 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2011
Highest recorded position: #393 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Martins appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 13 ranked years and 86 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 2002.

Martins across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Martins's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#4052 (2006)	#1486 (2014)	#4270 (2024)	13 of 19	86 (2006–2024)	16 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#393 (2002)	#393 (2002)	#490 (2011)	5 of 10	23 (2002–2011)	6 (2008)

Martins by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Martins in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	12	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	70	9 of 10	8
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Martins appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #393 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Martins's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #393, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 4 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Martine · #9, 60y
Martinius · #267, 23y
Martinus · #262, 35y
Marton · #615, 9y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ion · #393, 16y
Jeannette · #393, 13y
Lauretta · #393, 10y
Toluwalase · #393, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ion · #393, 16y
Victory · #393, 23y
Arijus · #392, 17y
Cason · #392, 17y

Martins was ranked #393 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Martins and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Martins without appearing here.

Martins moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3300 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1486 and #4632.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #4678.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3744 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #3865.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Martins

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2400 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.
Daithi Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2804 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #3996.

Moved the opposite way to Martins

Braxton Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Martins went from #2400 to #4270 while Braxton went from #4678 to #2088.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #393 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Martins

Martins at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Martins across 2 official records

Martins by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Martins appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Martins

Martins and the names beside it

Martins moved ahead of

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Martins at a glance

Martins across 2 official records

Martins by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Martins appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Martins

Martins and the names beside it

Martins moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Martins

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