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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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
1955#438417
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
1939#83869
1938#81175
1937#84167
1936#81069
1935#96551
1934#90557
1933#88758
1932#98951
1931#1,22735
1930#1,46028
1929#1,37031
1928#1,39431
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
1909
1908#1,6767
1907#1,3849
1906#1,3219
1905#1,2989
1904#1,6596
1903#1,3188
1902
1901#1,4666
1900
1899
1898#1,5026
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,2765
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
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 1970

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #809 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,749 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedWIMichigan: #777 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,583 girlsMINew York: #402 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 2,773 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedIAIndiana: #487 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,785 girlsINOhio: #840 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,737 girlsOHPennsylvania: #626 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,813 girlsPANew Jersey: #345 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,184 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #401 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 2,412 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedCONebraska: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedKSArkansas: 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: #472 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,522 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: #664 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,736 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedHITexas: #316 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 1,736 girlsTXFlorida: #874 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,521 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#316 · 1 in 1,736
  2. New Jersey#345 · 1 in 2,184
  3. California#401 · 1 in 2,412
  4. New York#402 · 1 in 2,773
  5. Oklahoma#472 · 1 in 3,522

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#316601 in 1,736
New Jersey#345231 in 2,184
California#401681 in 2,412
New York#402511 in 2,773
Oklahoma#47251 in 3,522
Indiana#48791 in 4,785
Pennsylvania#626111 in 7,813
Georgia#66461 in 6,736
Michigan#77771 in 10,583
Illinois#80991 in 9,749
Ohio#84071 in 12,737
Florida#87451 in 9,521
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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 1970

girls
#563
325 births · 1 in 5,379 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #563Marta325
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 5,379 of them was named Marta, which outranked 94.0% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marta
  1. #560Delia327
  2. #560Pam327
  3. #560Robert327
  4. #563Marta325
  5. #564Ella323
  6. #565Patsy322
  7. #566Bonita321
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 1,541Tanisha#2,515#974
  2. 1,194India#1,955#761
  3. 695Shay#1,648#953
  4. 685Terra#1,303#618
  5. 669Dyan#1,648#979
Fallers
  1. 385Cinnamon#698#1,083
  2. 306Kaye#932#1,238
  3. 303Luanne#990#1,293
  4. 273Laureen#845#1,118
  5. 273Lesia#965#1,238

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

See the top 100 for 1970