Girls' name · since 1978
Martisa
19 babies named Martisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 19
- total births
- 1978–1989
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
Martisa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 19 have been recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Martisa recorded 19 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1989.
- 19 total births
- 1978–1989 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 68% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Martisa's 19 recorded births place it above 35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Martisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Martisa splits its recorded history at 1986: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Martisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Martisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Martisa's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Martisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 13 births (68% 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, 1978–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Martisa: Baby Name Since 1978 - 19 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/martisa. 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 Martisa 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.