Girls' name · since 1932
Marthel
Marthel has 17 recorded births since 1932 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1932 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,956 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1932
- 1930s
- peak decade
Marthel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 1932.
Marthel has 17 recorded births among girls since 1932, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1932 to 1939.
- #47,956 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1932
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marthel ranks #47,956 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1932, peaking in the 1930s.
- #47,956 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1932
- 1930s
- peak decade
Marthel's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marthel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marthel's SSA record in two at 1934 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1934, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1932 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marthel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1939
- Peak year (1932)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Marthel by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).
1930s was Marthel's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Marthel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1930s
1930s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marthel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~7 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, 1932–1939 (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 Marthel 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.