Martina
Martina was given to 161 girls in 2025, #1,371 among girls’ names; 18,538 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 14,700 Americans named Martina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 41 years old and half are between 25 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Martina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Martina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Martina is “a female given name from Latin.”
Usually interpreted as the feminine form of the saints' name Martin, though there was an identical Roman name, likewise derived from Latin Martinus.
/mɑː(ɹ)ˈtiːnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Martina?
#1,371 among girls’ names, 2025
Martina rose from #1,632 in 2015 to #1,371 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.07 to 0.10 per 1,000.
340 babies in 1964, the peak
Martina peaked in 1964, when 340 babies were given it (335 girls, #540 among girls’ names). The 161 births of 2025 are 47% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | #1,371 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 206 | #1,168 | 0.13 |
| 2023 | 170 | #1,336 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 163 | #1,402 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 141 | #1,503 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 148 | #1,457 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 141 | #1,537 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,375 | 0.10 |
| 2017 | 145 | #1,526 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 148 | #1,533 | 0.08 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 132 | #1,632 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 128 | #1,663 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 134 | #1,611 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 99 | #1,980 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 119 | #1,737 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 124 | #1,700 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,803 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 152 | #1,530 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 150 | #1,536 | 0.08 |
| 2006 | 166 | #1,376 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 184 | #1,238 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 176 | #1,241 | 0.10 |
| 2003 | 193 | #1,133 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 180 | #1,150 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 208 | #1,034 | 0.12 |
| 2000 | 235 | #921 | 0.13 |
| 1999 | 226 | #932 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 226 | #926 | 0.13 |
| 1997 | 218 | #917 | 0.13 |
| 1996 | 223 | #889 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 212 | #893 | 0.12 |
| 1994 | 239 | #839 | 0.13 |
| 1993 | 228 | #851 | 0.13 |
| 1992 | 218 | #899 | 0.12 |
| 1991 | 235 | #852 | 0.13 |
| 1990 | 236 | #833 | 0.12 |
| 1989 | 247 | #782 | 0.13 |
| 1988 | 290 | #666 | 0.16 |
| 1987 | 259 | #706 | 0.15 |
| 1986 | 296 | #628 | 0.17 |
| 1985 | 281 | #652 | 0.16 |
| 1984 | 320 | #577 | 0.19 |
| 1983 | 305 | #586 | 0.18 |
| 1982 | 267 | #667 | 0.16 |
| 1981 | 304 | #606 | 0.18 |
| 1980 | 224 | #741 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 211 | #764 | 0.13 |
| 1978 | 179 | #831 | 0.12 |
| 1977 | 188 | #797 | 0.12 |
| 1976 | 200 | #738 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 192 | #747 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 154 | #853 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 192 | #733 | 0.13 |
| 1972 | 183 | #761 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 228 | #678 | 0.14 |
| 1970 | 239 | #666 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 252 | #626 | 0.15 |
| 1968 | 266 | #588 | 0.16 |
| 1967 | 286 | #558 | 0.17 |
| 1966 | 274 | #571 | 0.16 |
| 1965 | 281 | #570 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 335 | #540 | 0.18 |
| 1963 | 274 | #603 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 200 | #734 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 161 | #830 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 144 | #862 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 141 | #866 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 115 | #965 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 155 | #814 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 128 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 105 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 117 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 127 | #824 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 121 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 105 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 110 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 116 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 106 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 101 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 85 | #909 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 91 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 101 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 110 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 93 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 83 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 66 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 60 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 50 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 56 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 67 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 72 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 85 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 59 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 89 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 86 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 94 | #722 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 73 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 114 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 90 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 94 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 86 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 92 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 106 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 83 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 98 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 105 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 97 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 75 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 83 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 69 | #819 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 71 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 55 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 45 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 45 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 35 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 37 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 33 | #700 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 26 | #763 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 18 | #914 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 22 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 23 | #773 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 32 | #607 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 17 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 22 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 18 | #788 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 21 | #821 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 32 | #534 | 0.14 |
| 1898 | 18 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 13 | #921 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 19 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 15 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 17 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 17 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 15 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 11 | #873 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,064 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 11 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 8 | #1,004 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 11 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 9 | #807 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 7 | #894 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 8 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 8 | #737 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 6 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 6 | #805 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Martina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Martina has been given almost only to girls: 40 boys in 145 years of records.
Girls and boys named Martina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Martina, and how old are they?
14,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 18,538 Americans ever recorded as Martina. The median Martina alive today is 41 years old; half are between 25 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 28,494 people named Martina (28,369 women and girls, 125 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,349 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 433 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,290 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,050 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,740 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,970 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Martina born?
The states with the most babies named Martina are Texas, California and Florida, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,517 | #1,763 | 1.8× |
| California | 1,700 | #1,810 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 1,067 | #378 | 1.6× |
| New York | 1,025 | #1,387 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,008 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 674 | #1,550 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 633 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 534 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 353 | #1,293 | 0.7× |
| Kentucky | 278 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Martina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Martina is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Martina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 21,970 babies since 1880, Martina is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 it was given to 161 of their 169 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Martina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Martina and names like it
- Compare Martina and MartineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sMartina peaked in 1964.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Martina since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Martina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Martina.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Martina alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.