Martisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Martisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 406 babies named Martisha between 1968 and 2003, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Martisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Martisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Martisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Martisha in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Martisha 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 406 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.