Martika
Martika is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 757th, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1990273 births
- Best rank
- #757in 1990
- Since 1986
- 1,077people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,077 girls have been named Martika in the United States since 1986, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 273 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 273 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 75%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1990, its biggest year
Martika was the 757th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Martika
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shaniquapeak 1991
- Shanicepeak 1992
- Latifahpeak 1990
- Nicollettepeak 1991
- Jelisapeak 1989
- Kirstiepeak 1991
- Britnypeak 1990
- Shaniquepeak 1992
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.