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
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 443 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 17,535since 1888
Marta over time
Rank among girls' names. Marta has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,051 | 92 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,118 | 90 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,789 | 61 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,346 | 79 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,608 | 66 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,549 | 67 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,428 | 73 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,677 | 64 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,744 | 62 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,446 | 75 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,129 | 53 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,714 | 64 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,804 | 61 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,695 | 65 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,726 | 65 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,425 | 79 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,538 | 74 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,647 | 69 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,308 | 82 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,057 | 91 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,972 | 94 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,048 | 87 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,708 | 107 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,489 | 126 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,817 | 95 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,539 | 110 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,543 | 108 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,406 | 119 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,246 | 140 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,235 | 138 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,293 | 131 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,284 | 132 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,124 | 158 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,056 | 172 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,026 | 176 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,042 | 164 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #1,140 | 134 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #1,123 | 133 | — | |
| 1986 | #909 | 177 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #901 | 176 | — | |
| 1984 | #867 | 175 | — | |
| 1983 | #838 | 183 | — | |
| 1982 | #806 | 199 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #668 | 261 | — | |
| 1980 | #763 | 217 | — | |
| 1979 | #752 | 215 | — | |
| 1978 | #710 | 223 | — | |
| 1977 | #757 | 201 | — | |
| 1976 | #755 | 191 | — | |
| 1975 | #652 | 233 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #657 | 232 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #688 | 217 | — | |
| 1972 | #651 | 235 | — | |
| 1971 | #574 | 306 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #563 | 325 | — | |
| 1969 | #605 | 271 | — | |
| 1968 | #523 | 337 | — | |
| 1967 | #519 | 334 | — | |
| 1966 | #522 | 328 | — | |
| 1965 | #506 | 352 | — | |
| 1964 | #529 | 344 | — | |
| 1963 | #504 | 373 | — | |
| 1962 | #494 | 382 | — | |
| 1961 | #521 | 350 | — | |
| 1960 | #521 | 346 | — | |
| 1959 | #480 | 409 | — | |
| 1958 | #475 | 397 | — | |
| 1957 | #446 | 444 | — | |
| 1956 | #469 | 395 | — | |
| 1955 | #438 | 417 | — | |
| 1954 | #427 | 422 | — | |
| 1953 | #414 | 432 | — | |
| 1952 | #431 | 395 | — | |
| 1951 | #411 | 409 | — | |
| 1950 | #384 | 443 | — | |
| 1949 | #626 | 175 | — | |
| 1948 | #689 | 145 | — | |
| 1947 | #716 | 141 | — | |
| 1946 | #712 | 128 | — | |
| 1945 | #698 | 113 | — | |
| 1944 | #597 | 152 | — | |
| 1943 | #754 | 106 | — | |
| 1942 | #823 | 87 | — | |
| 1941 | #773 | 87 | — | |
| 1940 | #802 | 78 | — | |
| 1939 | #838 | 69 | — | |
| 1938 | #811 | 75 | — | |
| 1937 | #841 | 67 | — | |
| 1936 | #810 | 69 | — | |
| 1935 | #965 | 51 | — | |
| 1934 | #905 | 57 | — | |
| 1933 | #887 | 58 | — | |
| 1932 | #989 | 51 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,227 | 35 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,370 | 31 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,394 | 31 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,151 | 46 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,514 | 30 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 28 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#333 · 1 in 1,999
- Arizona#398 · 1 in 2,166
- California#398 · 1 in 2,270
- Texas#413 · 1 in 2,454
- New York#558 · 1 in 4,242
Best ever in a state: #177 in Oregon, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #333 | 18 | 1 in 1,999 |
| Arizona | #398 | 7 | 1 in 2,166 |
| California | #398 | 61 | 1 in 2,270 |
| Texas | #413 | 39 | 1 in 2,454 |
| New York | #558 | 24 | 1 in 4,242 |
| Illinois | #628 | 13 | 1 in 5,360 |
| Florida | #699 | 7 | 1 in 5,905 |
| Pennsylvania | #771 | 7 | 1 in 9,293 |
| Michigan | #815 | 6 | 1 in 9,286 |
| Ohio | #989 | 5 | 1 in 13,867 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1950 at #384 (443 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1932–1986
- 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%)
- 23.7% of all girls named Marta (4,163) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 6 | #1,502 (1898) | #1,502 |
| 1900s | 54 | #1,298 (1905) | #1,446 |
| 1910s | 206 | #1,218 (1912) | #1,468 |
| 1920s | 335 | #1,151 (1924) | #1,388 |
| 1930s | 560 | #810 (1936) | #973 |
| 1940s | 1,212 | #597 (1944) | #719 |
| 1950s | 4,163 | #384 (1950) | #438 |
| 1960s | 3,417 | #494 (1962) | #524 |
| 1970s | 2,378 | #563 (1970) | #676 |
| 1980s | 1,819 | #668 (1981) | #906 |
| 1990s | 1,384 | #1,026 (1990) | #1,275 |
| 2000s | 904 | #1,489 (2001) | #2,101 |
| 2010s | 637 | #2,428 (2019) | #2,740 |
| 2020s | 455 | #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 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 6,257 of them was named Marta, which outranked 93.9% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 312,271 of them was named Marta, which outranked 13.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 873 names at #5,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.