Marta — #2111 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marta

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,440 babies named Marta between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marta currently holds the #2111 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 444 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 4,163 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Marta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,192 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Marta in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 17,440 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.