Marta

#2,051 for girls in 2025, 92 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #4,811
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1950 · 443 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,535
since 1888

Marta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marta has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #384, 1950girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#2,05192—
2024#2,11890—
2023#2,78961—
2022#2,34679—
2021#2,60866—
2020#2,54967—
2019#2,42873—
2018#2,67764—
2017#2,74462—
2016#2,44675—
2015#3,12953—
2014#2,71464—
2013#2,80461—
2012#3,04055—
2011#2,69565—
2010#2,72665—
2009#2,42579—
2008#2,53874—
2007#2,64769—
2006#2,30882—
2005#2,05791—
2004#1,97294—
2003#2,04887—
2002#1,708107—
2001#1,489126—
2000#1,81795—
1999#1,539110—
1998#1,543108—
1997#1,406119—
1996#1,246140—
1995#1,235138—
1994#1,293131—
1993#1,284132—
1992#1,124158—
1991#1,056172—
1990#1,026176—
1989#1,042164#4,81110
1988#1,140134#6,4266
1987#1,123133—
1986#909177#5,9266
1985#901176—
1984#867175—
1983#838183—
1982#806199#4,2349
1981#668261—
1980#763217—
1979#752215—
1978#710223—
1977#757201—
1976#755191—
1975#652233#5,4645
1974#657232#5,2275
1973#688217—
1972#651235—
1971#574306#4,9075
1970#563325—
1969#605271—
1968#523337—
1967#519334—
1966#522328—
1965#506352—
1964#529344—
1963#504373—
1962#494382—
1961#521350—
1960#521346—
1959#480409—
1958#475397—
1957#446444—
1956#469395—
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1954#427422—
1953#414432—
1952#431395—
1951#411409—
1950#384443—
1949#626175—
1948#689145—
1947#716141—
1946#712128—
1945#698113—
1944#597152—
1943#754106—
1942#82387—
1941#77387—
1940#80278—
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1936#81069—
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1934#90557—
1933#88758—
1932#98951—
1931#1,22735—
1930#1,46028—
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1927#1,30337—
1926#1,54128—
1925#1,27238—
1924#1,15146—
1923#1,35034—
1922#1,57528—
1921#1,51430—
1920#1,40732—
1919#1,48128—
1918#1,45129—
1917#1,47026—
1916#1,48525—
1915#1,52323—
1914#1,60317—
1913#1,30819—
1912#1,21819—
1911#1,37212—
1910#1,7738—
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1908#1,6767—
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Marta! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Marta is popular in 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedNHWashington: #477 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,745 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedMNIllinois: #468 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,312 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedWIMichigan: #589 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 9,196 girlsMINew York: #372 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 3,393 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedRIOregon: #338 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,533 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedSDIowa: #447 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,501 girlsIAIndiana: #393 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,879 girlsINOhio: #691 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,871 girlsOHPennsylvania: #546 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 8,279 girlsPANew Jersey: #549 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,209 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #308 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 1,940 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedUTColorado: #316 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,061 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedDEArizona: #428 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,808 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedNMKansas: #394 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,508 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #354 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,665 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedHITexas: #275 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 1,538 girlsTXFlorida: #517 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,274 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#275 · 1 in 1,538
  2. California#308 · 1 in 1,940
  3. Colorado#316 · 1 in 2,061
  4. Oregon#338 · 1 in 2,533
  5. Oklahoma#354 · 1 in 2,665

Best ever in a state: #177 in Oregon, 1951.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#275731 in 1,538
California#308841 in 1,940
Colorado#31691 in 2,061
Oregon#33861 in 2,533
Oklahoma#35481 in 2,665
New York#372501 in 3,393
Indiana#393131 in 3,879
Kansas#39461 in 3,508
Arizona#42851 in 2,808
Iowa#44751 in 5,501
Illinois#468201 in 5,312
Washington#47761 in 4,745
Florida#51791 in 5,274
Pennsylvania#546141 in 8,279
New Jersey#54971 in 8,209
Michigan#589101 in 9,196
Ohio#69191 in 11,871
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Marta
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 67 spots since 2024 (#2,118 → #2,051)
  • 498 spots since 2020 (#2,549 → #2,051)
  • 1,078 spots since 2015 (#3,129 → #2,051)
  • Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1950 (#626 → #384)
  • Biggest drop: 214 spots in 1987 (#909 → #1,123)
Rise & fade · girls
62 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1950 at #384 (443 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1932–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,867
  • Highest: 1 in 3,867 girls born in 1950 were named Marta (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,470 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 23.7% of all girls named Marta (4,163) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s6#1,502 (1898)#1,502
1900s54#1,298 (1905)#1,446
1910s206#1,218 (1912)#1,468
1920s335#1,151 (1924)#1,388
1930s560#810 (1936)#973
1940s1,212#597 (1944)#719
1950s4,163#384 (1950)#438
1960s3,417#494 (1962)#524
1970s2,378#563 (1970)#676
1980s1,819#668 (1981)#906
1990s1,384#1,026 (1990)#1,275
2000s904#1,489 (2001)#2,101
2010s637#2,428 (2019)#2,740
2020s455#2,051 (2025)#2,410

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marta in 1958

girls
#475
397 births · 1 in 5,067 girls

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #475Marta397
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 5,067 of them was named Marta, which outranked 93.2% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marta
  1. #472Janelle407
  2. #472Lynnette407
  3. #474Katharine405
  4. #475Marta397
  5. #475Coleen397
  6. #477Claudette395
  7. #478Daphne393
  8. #478Lorri393

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1958 →