Martita
Martita is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Martita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Martita is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Martita
Martita first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1955, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1961: 9 births, good for #4,548 nationwide. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 45% of all recorded Martitas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1980 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 101 Martitas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Martita
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About the name Martita
Martita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1955 and has accumulated 101 births in the dataset. Martita's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #4,548. Use the chart and map above to compare Martita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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