Girls' name · since 1912
Marthena
Marthena has 96 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1912
- 1910s
- peak decade
Marthena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 96 recorded since 1912.
Marthena has 96 recorded births among girls since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1950.
- #27,582 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 96 born since 1912
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marthena ranks #27,582 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 96 born since 1912, peaking in the 1910s.
- #27,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1912
- 1910s
- peak decade
Marthena's 96 recorded births place it above 61.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marthena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marthena splits its recorded history at 1922: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1912 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marthena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1950
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Marthena by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (40 births, 42% of the file).
1910s was Marthena's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Marthena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
40 births
- 1920s
1920s
31 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 40 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Marthena's decade-level peak was the 1910s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marthena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1912–1950 (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 Marthena 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.