Meaning not yet researched.
Martha: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 393 in 2025. Its best rank was #14 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #14 in 1882; #713 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Martha in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#713 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #14.
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Martha: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 393 girls in 2025. Peak: #14 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 10,651 (1947).
In 2025, 393 US girls were named Martha, making it the 713th most common girls’ name of the year, down 47 places from #666 in 2024. That is 42 fewer than the 435 girls named Martha in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #14, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 10,651, in 1947. For comparison, it was #772 in 2015 and #32 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Martha in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 1,040 babies with the name. In all, 553,732 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 95,679 babies named Martha.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,892 US girls were named Martha; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 439. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,090 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Martha ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #217 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Martina (18,538 babies since 1880), Marta (17,581 babies since 1880) and Martine (3,018 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mirtha, Marthe and Martyna are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Marty, Mat, Mattie, Patsy and Patty.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mirtha (539), Marthe (298), Martyna (286), Martae (65), Martay (16).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 26 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 52 | #217 | #298 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #356 | #824 |
| Wisconsin | 14 | #382 | #822 |
| Indiana | 17 | #409 | #607 |
| Tennessee | 19 | #421 | #653 |
| Alabama | 11 | #472 | #597 |
| Kansas | 7 | #481 | — |
| Ohio | 22 | #500 | #824 |
| Iowa | 6 | #550 | — |
| Louisiana | 7 | #658 | — |
| South Carolina | 7 | #661 | #638 |
| Utah | 6 | #677 | — |
| North Carolina | 14 | #718 | — |
| Michigan | 11 | #718 | #704 |
| Texas | 40 | #756 | #633 |
| Missouri | 7 | #783 | #659 |
| New York | 20 | #818 | #953 |
| Illinois | 10 | #900 | #1,834 |
| Virginia | 8 | #907 | #757 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #950 | #647 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #959 | #797 |
| Georgia | 10 | #965 | #870 |
| California | 23 | #1,135 | #800 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,185 | #905 |
| Florida | 10 | #1,398 | #1,098 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 393 | #713 | — | — |
| 2024 | 435 | #666 | — | — |
| 2023 | 439 | #671 | — | — |
| 2022 | 405 | #724 | — | — |
| 2021 | 395 | #725 | — | — |
| 2020 | 354 | #767 | — | — |
| 2019 | 349 | #794 | — | — |
| 2018 | 349 | #784 | — | — |
| 2017 | 376 | #746 | — | — |
| 2016 | 397 | #717 | — | — |
| 2015 | 367 | #772 | — | — |
| 2014 | 383 | #735 | — | — |
| 2013 | 344 | #793 | — | — |
| 2012 | 392 | #714 | — | — |
| 2011 | 374 | #739 | — | — |
| 2010 | 412 | #693 | — | — |
| 2009 | 451 | #658 | — | — |
| 2008 | 505 | #606 | — | — |
| 2007 | 531 | #566 | — | — |
| 2006 | 583 | #519 | — | — |
| 2005 | 601 | #503 | — | — |
| 2004 | 603 | #487 | — | — |
| 2003 | 640 | #466 | — | — |
| 2002 | 718 | #405 | — | — |
| 2001 | 759 | #384 | — | — |
| 2000 | 788 | #373 | — | — |
| 1999 | 742 | #384 | — | — |
| 1998 | 779 | #368 | — | — |
| 1997 | 863 | #330 | — | — |
| 1996 | 881 | #319 | — | — |
| 1995 | 928 | #299 | 11 | #5,386 |
| 1994 | 954 | #289 | 8 | #6,767 |
| 1993 | 1,058 | #263 | 7 | #7,326 |
| 1992 | 1,146 | #242 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1991 | 1,132 | #246 | 7 | #7,009 |
| 1990 | 1,267 | #224 | 16 | #3,717 |
| 1989 | 1,249 | #220 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1988 | 1,138 | #231 | 16 | #3,297 |
| 1987 | 1,143 | #236 | 10 | #4,464 |
| 1986 | 1,153 | #227 | 10 | #4,349 |
| 1985 | 1,221 | #211 | 19 | #2,665 |
| 1984 | 1,210 | #216 | 16 | #2,901 |
| 1983 | 1,349 | #196 | 17 | #2,751 |
| 1982 | 1,449 | #188 | 17 | #2,782 |
| 1981 | 1,572 | #175 | 9 | #4,381 |
| 1980 | 1,555 | #178 | 14 | #3,193 |
| 1979 | 1,443 | #185 | 12 | #3,489 |
| 1978 | 1,486 | #176 | 10 | #3,754 |
| 1977 | 1,596 | #171 | 8 | #4,439 |
| 1976 | 1,598 | #161 | 8 | #4,261 |
| 1975 | 1,792 | #149 | 14 | #2,853 |
| 1974 | 1,834 | #150 | 10 | #3,482 |
| 1973 | 1,725 | #158 | 7 | #4,346 |
| 1972 | 1,894 | #151 | 13 | #2,763 |
| 1971 | 2,190 | #147 | 14 | #2,648 |
| 1970 | 2,368 | #143 | 14 | #2,589 |
| 1969 | 2,428 | #139 | 13 | #2,506 |
| 1968 | 2,582 | #123 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1967 | 2,910 | #117 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1966 | 3,270 | #106 | 15 | #2,105 |
| 1965 | 3,801 | #99 | 16 | #2,045 |
| 1964 | 4,448 | #95 | 15 | #2,168 |
| 1963 | 4,887 | #90 | 17 | #2,013 |
| 1962 | 5,159 | #87 | 23 | #1,697 |
| 1961 | 5,724 | #81 | 9 | #3,024 |
| 1960 | 5,831 | #83 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1959 | 6,439 | #72 | 16 | #2,079 |
| 1958 | 6,750 | #69 | 30 | #1,440 |
| 1957 | 7,361 | #63 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1956 | 7,711 | #59 | 22 | #1,705 |
| 1955 | 7,930 | #53 | 19 | #1,829 |
| 1954 | 8,596 | #46 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1953 | 9,263 | #41 | 16 | #2,009 |
| 1952 | 9,696 | #40 | 20 | #1,727 |
| 1951 | 9,605 | #38 | 29 | #1,392 |
| 1950 | 9,839 | #32 | 15 | #1,994 |
| 1949 | 9,808 | #34 | 28 | #1,396 |
| 1948 | 10,011 | #32 | 22 | #1,590 |
| 1947 | 10,651 | #32 | 22 | #1,632 |
| 1946 | 9,759 | #32 | 34 | #1,210 |
| 1945 | 8,752 | #30 | 22 | #1,431 |
| 1944 | 9,335 | #29 | 28 | #1,279 |
| 1943 | 9,704 | #29 | 25 | #1,423 |
| 1942 | 9,513 | #29 | 25 | #1,405 |
| 1941 | 9,156 | #25 | 44 | #969 |
| 1940 | 8,695 | #26 | 45 | #962 |
| 1939 | 8,493 | #27 | 47 | #913 |
| 1938 | 8,578 | #26 | 41 | #1,002 |
| 1937 | 7,953 | #24 | 29 | #1,258 |
| 1936 | 7,392 | #24 | 40 | #1,003 |
| 1935 | 7,621 | #24 | 36 | #1,090 |
| 1934 | 7,604 | #27 | 37 | #1,087 |
| 1933 | 7,164 | #27 | 38 | #1,069 |
| 1932 | 7,579 | #27 | 35 | #1,153 |
| 1931 | 7,481 | #28 | 39 | #1,093 |
| 1930 | 7,832 | #27 | 35 | #1,209 |
| 1929 | 7,639 | #27 | 39 | #1,123 |
| 1928 | 8,252 | #22 | 37 | #1,182 |
| 1927 | 8,304 | #24 | 40 | #1,142 |
| 1926 | 8,556 | #24 | 36 | #1,209 |
| 1925 | 8,762 | #23 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1924 | 9,320 | #21 | 39 | #1,168 |
| 1923 | 8,961 | #21 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1922 | 9,021 | #21 | 19 | #1,859 |
| 1921 | 9,264 | #21 | 17 | #2,030 |
| 1920 | 8,709 | #23 | 19 | #1,854 |
| 1919 | 8,322 | #25 | 28 | #1,372 |
| 1918 | 8,341 | #25 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1917 | 8,261 | #22 | 18 | #1,788 |
| 1916 | 7,610 | #24 | 20 | #1,629 |
| 1915 | 7,216 | #25 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1914 | 5,432 | #27 | 14 | #1,739 |
| 1913 | 4,538 | #28 | 16 | #1,354 |
| 1912 | 3,911 | #29 | 7 | #2,175 |
| 1911 | 3,019 | #28 | 11 | #1,098 |
| 1910 | 2,858 | #28 | 13 | #913 |
| 1909 | 2,510 | #28 | 10 | #997 |
| 1908 | 2,324 | #32 | 8 | #1,087 |
| 1907 | 2,274 | #31 | 9 | #976 |
| 1906 | 2,199 | #29 | 8 | #976 |
| 1905 | 2,091 | #32 | 6 | #1,184 |
| 1904 | 2,019 | #29 | — | — |
| 1903 | 1,980 | #29 | — | — |
| 1902 | 2,030 | #30 | 8 | #901 |
| 1901 | 1,886 | #29 | 8 | #826 |
| 1900 | 2,437 | #28 | 9 | #945 |
| 1899 | 1,907 | #28 | 8 | #834 |
| 1898 | 2,184 | #25 | 7 | #957 |
| 1897 | 1,990 | #26 | 6 | #1,023 |
| 1896 | 2,022 | #26 | 9 | #806 |
| 1895 | 2,096 | #25 | 9 | #779 |
| 1894 | 1,968 | #24 | 7 | #921 |
| 1893 | 1,805 | #25 | 8 | #808 |
| 1892 | 1,915 | #24 | — | — |
| 1891 | 1,744 | #21 | — | — |
| 1890 | 1,784 | #22 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1889 | 1,711 | #21 | — | — |
| 1888 | 1,769 | #19 | 11 | #631 |
| 1887 | 1,504 | #17 | 5 | #1,010 |
| 1886 | 1,491 | #18 | 7 | #813 |
| 1885 | 1,425 | #17 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1884 | 1,443 | #16 | — | — |
| 1883 | 1,255 | #15 | 9 | #668 |
| 1882 | 1,229 | #14 | 10 | #629 |
| 1881 | 1,044 | #17 | — | — |
| 1880 | 1,040 | #16 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).