Martina — #1162 US girls' name
18,336 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.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
15% of everyone ever named Martina was born in this single decade.
334 babies were named Martina in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Martina
The Social Security Administration has registered 18,336 babies named Martina between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Martina currently holds the #1162 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 334 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Martina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 2,793 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Martina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,504 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Martina in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Martina 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 18,336 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.
Martina at a glance
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Current rank
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Martina popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1964)
- 334
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1162 among girls.
18,336 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 334 births in a single year.
Martina popularity over time — boys
40 total births recorded since 1959 (Martina as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Martina accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Martina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 2,793 births that decade — 15% of Martina's all-time total
Martina decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,793 births
- Runner-up 2,473 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Martina's strongest decade
2,793 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Martina by state
Where Martina concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,504 | 13.7% |
| #2 | California | | 1,688 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,018 | 5.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,015 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,008 | 5.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 669 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 633 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 534 | 2.9% |
2,504 of 18,336 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.7% of nationwide
- California 9.2% of nationwide
- Florida 5.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 38 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Martina appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.