Girls' name · since 1922
Marthajane
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Marthajane, peaking in 1922. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 16
- total births
- 1922–1949
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
16 girls have been named Marthajane since 1922, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marthajane has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1922, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1949.
- 16 total births
- 1922–1949 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marthajane's 16 recorded births place it above 32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marthajane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marthajane's full recorded timeline at 1945, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marthajane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1949
- Peak year (1922)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Marthajane by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Marthajane's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Marthajane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 10 births (63% of all-time use).
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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, 1922–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marthajane: Baby Name Since 1922 - 16 Births, Peak 1922." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marthajane. 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 Marthajane 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.