Martia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Martia

The Social Security Administration has registered 383 babies named Martia between 1954 and 2009, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Martia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Martia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Martia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Martia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Martia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 383 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.