Girls' name · since 1989
Martica
31 babies named Martica in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 31
- total births
- 1989–1992
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Martica sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 31 recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martica has been recorded 31 times among girls since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1992.
- 31 total births
- 1989–1992 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Martica's 31 recorded births place it above 44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Martica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Martica's full recorded timeline at 1990, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Martica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1992
- Peak year (1989)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Martica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Martica's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Martica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (55% 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, 1989–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Martica: Baby Name Since 1989 - 31 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/martica. 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 Martica 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.