Marfa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marfa

The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Marfa between 1970 and 1971, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marfa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marfa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oregon, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marfa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marfa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.