How Many People Are Named Sarah Martinez?

There are approximately 2,981 people named Sarah Martinez living in the United States today. That makes this name combination common, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 114,980 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Sarah with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Martinez. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

2,981

1 in 114,980 Americans

Combination Rarity

Common

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Sarah

Last Name

Martinez

Est. Bearers 1,192,421

Census Rank #10

Per 100K 347.89

Rarity Very Common

Sarah: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Sarah. The peak year was 1982 with 28,613 births. The average person named Sarah today is 38 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Sarah

In the 2020 Census, the first name Sarah was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (80.95%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (7.30%) and Black (4.35%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Sarah in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Sarah rose or fell over time.

White

80.95%

Black

4.35%

Hispanic

7.30%

Asian/Pacific Islander

3.30%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.50%

Two or More Races

3.60%

Ancestry of the Martinez Surname

The surname Martinez was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Martinez in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

5.61%

Black

0.59%

Hispanic

92.14%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.73%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.56%

Two or More Races

0.38%

How we calculated this

The first name "Sarah" has an estimated frequency of 0.250% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Martinez" appears at a rate of 347.89 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Sarah are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 2,981 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Sarah

Sarah Smith Sarah Johnson Sarah Williams Sarah Brown Sarah Jones Sarah Garcia Sarah Davis

Other people with the surname Martinez

Michael Martinez James Martinez John Martinez David Martinez Robert Martinez William Martinez Christopher Martinez Joseph Martinez

Sarah Martinez: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Sarah Martinez?

We estimate approximately 2,981 people named Sarah Martinez are alive in the United States today. The first name Sarah is shared by 856,869 Americans, and the surname Martinez is shared by 1,192,421.

How rare is the name Sarah Martinez?

This name combination is classified as Common, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 114,980 Americans. The first name Sarah is very common and the surname Martinez is very common.

Is Sarah a male or female name?

Sarah is predominantly female, with 0.3% of bearers being male and 99.7% female. It peaked in popularity in 1982 and the average bearer today is 38 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Sarah?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Sarah was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (80.95%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (7.30%) and Black (4.35%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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