Girls' name · since 1916
Martella
Martella has 21 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,493 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
21 girls have been named Martella since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martella has been recorded 21 times among girls since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1962.
- #45,493 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martella ranks #45,493 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #45,493 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Martella's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Martella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Martella's full recorded timeline at 1932, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1926, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Martella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1962
- Peak year (1916)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Martella by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (6 births, 29% of the file).
1910s was Martella's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Martella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 6 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Martella's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1960s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Martella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1962 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Martella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.