Martinique — girls' name
460 babies named Martinique in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Martinique was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Martinique in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Martinique
The Social Security Administration has registered 460 babies named Martinique between 1972 and 2007, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Martinique currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Martinique performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Martinique shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Martinique in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Martinique 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 460 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.
Martinique at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Martinique popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1972
- Peak year (1977)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
460 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 36 births in a single year.
Martinique by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 157 births that decade — 34% of Martinique's all-time total
Martinique decade highlights
- Peak decade 157 births
- Runner-up 155 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Martinique's strongest decade
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Martinique by state
Where Martinique concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 4.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 13 | 2.8% |
22 of 460 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.8% of nationwide
- New York 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–2007 (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.