Girls' name · since 1880

Martina

18,498 babies named Martina in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#1,123 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,367 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
18,498
born since 1880
1980s
peak decade

Martina currently ranks #1367 among girls' names in America, with 18,498 babies recorded since 1880.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martina has been recorded 18,498 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #1367 nationally and more common than 92% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.

  • #1,123 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #1,367 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 18,498 born since 1880
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martina ranks #1,123 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,367 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18,498 born since 1880, peaking in the 1980s.

#1,123 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,367 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
18,498
born since 1880
1980s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%92%
Martina vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Martina's 18,498 recorded births place it above 98.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

39 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.

How Martina compares

18,498 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Martina's all-time total is 49x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Martina Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 18,498 376 567,345
Peak-year births 335 21 19,840

Martina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Martina splits its recorded history at 1953: 78% of all births land in the more recent half, 22% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1964 peak of 335 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Martina popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1964)
335
Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
0100200300400 188019001919193819571976199520142025 161

Martina popularity over time - boys

40 total births recorded since 1959 (Martina as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 40 births
45678910 195919631964196619741989 9

Martina by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (2,793 births, 15% of the file).

1980s was Martina's strongest decade.

2,793 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.

Martina births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 2,793 births (15% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Martina compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Martina's total volume

Martina vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -133, 7.9%-140, 3.5%-143, 2.3%-144, 3.4%-91, 5.1%-146, 5.7%-47, 6.8%-146, 2.5%-146, 1.7%-132, 2.8%-141, 2.4%-44, 9.1%-32, 6.6%-113, 2.9%-135, 2%Martina-146, 1.8%Martina
Martina vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Martina by state

Where Martina concentrates geographically, total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Martina
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
2,517 13.6%
#2 California
1,700 9.2%
#3 Florida
1,067 5.8%
#4 New York
1,025 5.5%
#5 Pennsylvania
1,008 5.4%
#6 Illinois
674 3.6%
#7 Ohio
633 3.4%
#8 Michigan
534 2.9%
Texas share of Martina's total US births 13.6%
Even split

2,517 of 18,498 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.

Martina appears in 39 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Martina? ▼
18,498 babies have been named Martina since 1880. All-time, it sits at #1,123 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #1,367 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 1964 with 335 births.
Where does Martina sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Martina ranks #1,123 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,367 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Martina most popular? ▼
Martina was most popular in the 1980s decade with 2,793 total births. The single peak year was 1964.
Where is Martina most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Martina are Texas (2,517 births), California (1,700 births), Florida (1,067 births).
How long has the name Martina been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Martina since 1880 -- 146 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Martina? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mary, Margaret, Maria, Martha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Martina's data

  • Martina's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (2,793 total births) through the 2020s (989) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Texas records the most Martinas (2,517 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Martina

Nearby Names Like Martina

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Martina

Mary Girl
#125 4,141,481 births
Margaret Girl
#112 1,264,774 births
Maria Girl
#87 566,111 births
Martha Girl
#712 551,741 births
Marie Girl
#617 540,077 births

Compare Martina side by side: Martina vs Mary Martina vs Margaret Martina vs Maria

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Related Names

Names with a similar popularity rank to Martina

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Petra #1368
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Justice #1365
18,772 births · Peak 1995
Madalynn #1369
9,338 births · Peak 2009
Marbella #1364
2,467 births · Peak 2025
Lindsey #1370
157,551 births · Peak 1984
Sidra #1363
1,883 births · Peak 2025
Ayanna #1371
16,326 births · Peak 2003

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Martina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1880–2025 (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 Martina 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.