Martita

Girls' name

Diminutive of Marta

Martita has been given to 101 babies in the U.S. since 1955. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1961, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Martita, 1980

1 in 574,000

Martita over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Martita: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Marta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Martita means

Martita is a diminutive of Marta.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Martita is used in Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /maɾ.ˈti.ta/ for Martita.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Martita → Marta → Martha. The family’s meaning is “mistress”, recorded in English with the source elements mārtā.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marta.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Martita is pronounced /maɾˈtita/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 101 girls were recorded with the name Martita between 1955 and 1980. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1961; its best national rank was #4,770 in 1961.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Martita?

Martita had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1980, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1980: 1 in 574,000; 6 of 3,444,198 births
Among girls only: 1 in 277,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1980: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 397,891 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Martita sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1980 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 397,891 children born in 1980 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Martita. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Martitas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Martita was born before 1966 — so the typical Martita is around 59 today.

Median birth year: 1966; About 59 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 44.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 101; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 44.6% of all recorded uses (45).

Is Martita rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1961 (9)
Years since peak: 64; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,770; 1961

Spellings of Martita

Martita is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 38.8% against Martita's <0.01%.

Maria38.8%566,111
Martha37.8%551,741
Marcia9.1%133,320
Marisa3.3%48,707
Marina2.7%39,514
Maritza1.6%23,153
Martina1.3%18,498
Marta1.2%17,535

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Martita by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,770; 1961
Peak year: 1961; 9 that year
First recorded: 1955
Last recorded: 1980
All-time count: 101
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Martita

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Marlita Marnita Marcita Marqita Markeita Marchita Marianita Maryrita Marvita Margita Marguita Mariany Marialy Maripaz Marsali Mariell Mariani Maritta Marlani Marlaya Maryori Maryuri Marieme Markita

Sibling names for Martita

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jeanetta Juli Carleen Juliann Danita Lorri Donita Jannette

For a brother

Art Toney Lenny Lindsay Tod Ward Rod Curtiss

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