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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #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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1949#626175—
1948#689145—
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1946#712128—
1945#698113—
1944#597152—
1943#754106—
1942#82387—
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1940#80278—
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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 1977

  • 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: #732 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,575 girlsILWisconsin: #512 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,796 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedMINew York: #502 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 3,512 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: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedINOhio: #900 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,689 girlsOHPennsylvania: #797 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,485 girlsPANew Jersey: #431 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,059 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #544 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 3,739 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: fewer than 5 girls named Marta, so not publishedOKLouisiana: 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: #481 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 3,140 girlsTXFlorida: #742 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,173 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#431 · 1 in 3,059
  2. Texas#481 · 1 in 3,140
  3. New York#502 · 1 in 3,512
  4. Wisconsin#512 · 1 in 5,796
  5. California#544 · 1 in 3,739

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

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New Jersey#431121 in 3,059
Texas#481321 in 3,140
New York#502291 in 3,512
Wisconsin#51251 in 5,796
California#544401 in 3,739
Illinois#732111 in 6,575
Florida#74271 in 6,173
Pennsylvania#79771 in 9,485
Ohio#90061 in 11,689
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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 1977

girls
#757
201 births · 1 in 7,628 girls

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #757Marta201
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 7,628 of them was named Marta, which outranked 93.3% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marta
  1. #751Juana203
  2. #755Maranda202
  3. #755Nikia202
  4. #757Marta201
  5. #758Carisa200
  6. #758Charla200
  7. #758Takisha200
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →