Girls' name · since 1978
Martesha
Martesha has 90 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 90
- total births
- 1978–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
90 girls have been named Martesha since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martesha has been recorded 90 times among girls since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2000.
- 90 total births
- 1978–2000 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Martesha's 90 recorded births place it above 61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Martesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Martesha's full recorded timeline at 1991, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Martesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2000
- Peak year (1992)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Martesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Martesha's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Martesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 45 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Martesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1978–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Martesha: Baby Name Since 1978 - 90 Births, Peak 1992." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/martesha. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Martesha 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 July 2026.