Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Martel

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Warrior of Mars.

Pronunciation

m(a)-rtel, mar-tel

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1991 (rank #1325, 72 births); most recent 2025 (rank #9714, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1981 (rank #10397, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20257–
202410–
20239–
202210–
202113–
202013–
20199–
201824–
201723–
201616–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2013 (rank #3818, 4 births); most recent 2017 (rank #4806, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1904 (rank #522, 5 births); most recent 1946 (rank #722, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence