Girls' name · since 1922
Marthy
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 10 babies named Marthy, peaking in 1922. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 10
- total births
- 1922–1933
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
10 girls have been named Marthy since 1922, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marthy has 10 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1933.
- 10 total births
- 1922–1933 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marthy's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marthy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marthy's full recorded timeline at 1933, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births.
Marthy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1933
- Peak year (1922)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Marthy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Marthy's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Marthy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Marthy's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1930s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1922–1933 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marthy: Baby Name Since 1922 - 10 Births, Peak 1922." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marthy. 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 Marthy 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.