Girls' name · peaked in 1984
Martina name popularity since 1925
16,971 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Martina. Half of them were born in 1982 or earlier, so the typical Martina is about 44 years old in 2026. Martina peaked in 1984 as the #577 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,971
- Named Martina, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,371 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 16,931 girls · 40 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 2.45× its national share
Peak year is the year Martina made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Martina births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1964. Measured as a share of all babies, Martina peaked in 1984.
- Fastest rise: Between 1959 and 1964, Martina became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 14,400 baby girls to 1 in 5,660.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Martina's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Martina.
Decade by decade
Babies named Martina in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 457 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 718 | 0 | #803 |
| 1940s | 952 | 0 | #787 |
| 1950s | 1,224 | 7 | #974 |
| 1960s | 2,473 | 18 | #570 |
| 1970s | 1,966 | 6 | #747 |
| 1980s | 2,793 | 9 | #652 |
| 1990s | 2,261 | 0 | #896 |
| 2000s | 1,764 | 0 | #1,238 |
| 2010s | 1,334 | 0 | #1,632 |
| 2020–25 | 989 | 0 | #1,371 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
24.6% of babies named Martina from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Martina is most popular
The index compares Martina's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Martina.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.45× | 1,067 |
| Texas | 2.35× | 2,221 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.53× | 937 |
| California | 1.31× | 1,668 |
| Illinois | 1.15× | 674 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Martina's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Martina.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Martina (1984).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data