Martyn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Martyn: Recorded since 1979, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #277 in 1999, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#277highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Martyn's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#288
1997	#334
1998	#477
1999	#528
2000	#568
2001	#668
2002	#1253
2003	#976
2004	#875
2005	#1190
2006	#1469
2007	#1506
2008	#3158
2009	#1749
2010	#1911
2011	#2390
2012	#2458
2013	#2954
2014	#2248
2015	#2020
2016	#4810
2017	#2172
2018	#2693
2019	#4702
2020	#3334
2021	#3990
2022	#3449
2024	#2921

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 1999: #277 among boys in Northern Ireland, #528 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1979–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #324 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Martyn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 513 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1979.

Martyn 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.

Martyn'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	#288 (1996)	#288 (1996)	#2921 (2024)	28 of 29	513 (1996–2024)	90 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1979)	#322 (1981)	#337 (1992)	3 of 14	9 (1979–1992)	3 (1979)

Martyn 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 Martyn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	240	4 of 10	60
2000sbusiest	176	10 of 10	18
2010s	76	10 of 10	8
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 31, from 72 to 41.

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

Martyn 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 3 regions, from 1979 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #277 in Northern Ireland in 1999.

Martyn'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#875	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#668	27	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#568	33	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#528	37	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#477	41	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#334	72	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#288	90	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1979 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #277, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 90 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 20 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.

Marton · #615, 9y
Marty · #324, 30y
Martyna · #143, 41y
Martynas · #313, 41y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Chanelle · #277, 27y
Gregor · #277, 27y
Jackie · #277, 28y
Adrianna · #278, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Betina · #277, 29y
Jackie · #277, 28y
Crona · #276, 11y
Aram · #275, 36y

Martyn was ranked #277 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1999. 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.

Martyn 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 Martyn without appearing here.

Martyn moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Martyn

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Isak Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2488.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1506 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #1294.

Moved the opposite way to Martyn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Martyn went from #288 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Martyn went from #288 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Martyn went from #288 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Martyn went from #288 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Martyn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Martyn went from #288 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Martyn went from #288 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Martyn went from #288 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Martyn went from #288 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1979 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #277 in Northern Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Martyn

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What stands out in Martyn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Martyn across 2 official records

Martyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Martyn's record

Martyn across 2 official records

Martyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Martyn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Martyn

Martyn and the names beside it

Martyn moved ahead of

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