Martiza — girls' name
293 babies named Martiza in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
293 girls have been named Martiza since 1963, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2007.
- 293
- total births
- 1963–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Martiza was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Martiza in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Martiza
The Social Security Administration has registered 293 babies named Martiza between 1963 and 2007, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Martiza currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Martiza performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Martiza shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Martiza in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Martiza 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 293 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.
Martiza at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Martiza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1963
- Peak year (1990)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
293 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 28 births in a single year.
Martiza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 116 births that decade — 40% of Martiza's all-time total
Martiza decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Martiza's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Martiza by state
Where Martiza concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 75 | 25.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 3.4% |
75 of 293 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 25.6% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 25.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1963–2007 (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.