Martita — girls' name
101 babies named Martita in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
101 girls have been named Martita since 1955, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1980.
- 101
- total births
- 1955–1980
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Martita was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Martita in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Martita
The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Martita between 1955 and 1980, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Martita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Martita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Martita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Martita 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 101 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.
Martita at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Martita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1955
- Peak year (1961)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
101 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 9 births in a single year.
Martita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 45 births that decade — 45% of Martita's all-time total
Martita decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Martita's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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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, 1955–1980 (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.