Marta
Marta was given to 92 girls in 2025, #2,056 among girls’ names; 17,581 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 14,500 Americans named Marta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 38 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marta is “a female given name, variant of Martha.”
Also “a transliteration of the Macedonian, Russian, or Ukrainian female given name Ма́рта (Márta)”
/ˈmɑː(ɹ)tə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marta?
#2,056 among girls’ names, 2025
Marta rose from #3,164 in 2015 to #2,056 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 29.7 to 57.2 per million.
444 babies in 1957, the peak
Marta peaked in 1957, when 444 girls were given it, #446 among girls’ names. The 92 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #2,056 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 90 | #2,131 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,809 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 79 | #2,358 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,627 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,571 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,446 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,703 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,766 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,458 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 53 | #3,164 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,727 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,829 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,071 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,715 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,744 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 79 | #2,439 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 74 | #2,550 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,672 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 82 | #2,321 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,067 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 94 | #1,980 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 87 | #2,054 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,716 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 126 | #1,494 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,820 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 110 | #1,540 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,547 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 119 | #1,408 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 140 | #1,250 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,238 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 131 | #1,298 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 132 | #1,285 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 158 | #1,123 | 0.09 |
| 1991 | 172 | #1,056 | 0.09 |
| 1990 | 176 | #1,026 | 0.09 |
| 1989 | 164 | #1,042 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 134 | #1,145 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 133 | #1,125 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 177 | #914 | 0.10 |
| 1985 | 176 | #904 | 0.10 |
| 1984 | 175 | #871 | 0.10 |
| 1983 | 183 | #840 | 0.11 |
| 1982 | 199 | #806 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 261 | #670 | 0.16 |
| 1980 | 217 | #764 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 215 | #753 | 0.13 |
| 1978 | 223 | #710 | 0.15 |
| 1977 | 201 | #757 | 0.13 |
| 1976 | 191 | #759 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 233 | #653 | 0.16 |
| 1974 | 232 | #659 | 0.16 |
| 1973 | 217 | #690 | 0.15 |
| 1972 | 235 | #652 | 0.15 |
| 1971 | 306 | #574 | 0.18 |
| 1970 | 325 | #563 | 0.19 |
| 1969 | 271 | #605 | 0.16 |
| 1968 | 337 | #523 | 0.21 |
| 1967 | 334 | #520 | 0.20 |
| 1966 | 328 | #523 | 0.19 |
| 1965 | 352 | #506 | 0.20 |
| 1964 | 344 | #530 | 0.18 |
| 1963 | 373 | #504 | 0.19 |
| 1962 | 382 | #494 | 0.19 |
| 1961 | 350 | #521 | 0.17 |
| 1960 | 346 | #521 | 0.17 |
| 1959 | 409 | #480 | 0.20 |
| 1958 | 397 | #476 | 0.20 |
| 1957 | 444 | #446 | 0.22 |
| 1956 | 395 | #468 | 0.20 |
| 1955 | 417 | #437 | 0.21 |
| 1954 | 422 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1953 | 432 | #413 | 0.23 |
| 1952 | 395 | #430 | 0.21 |
| 1951 | 409 | #412 | 0.23 |
| 1950 | 443 | #383 | 0.26 |
| 1949 | 175 | #625 | 0.10 |
| 1948 | 145 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 141 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 128 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 113 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 152 | #597 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 106 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 87 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 87 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 78 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 69 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 75 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 67 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 69 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 51 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 57 | #913 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 58 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 51 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,491 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,386 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,416 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,321 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,572 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,600 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,430 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,512 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,480 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,494 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,515 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,556 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,640 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,340 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,241 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,419 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,879 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,472 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,384 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,402 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,597 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,628 | 0.02 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,412 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marta has been given almost only to girls: 46 boys in 125 years of records.
Girls and boys named Marta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marta, and how old are they?
14,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 17,581 Americans ever recorded as Marta. The median Marta alive today is 56 years old; half are between 38 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 53,965 people named Marta (53,818 women and girls, 147 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,796 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 458 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,180 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,910 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,410 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 902 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marta born?
The states with the most babies named Marta are California, Texas and New York, with 60% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 3,214 | #1,546 | 1.9× |
| Texas | 2,962 | #2,325 | 2.4× |
| New York | 1,679 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 854 | #1,549 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 506 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 482 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 471 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 407 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 393 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 259 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Marta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marta is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marta with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 31,325 babies since 1880, Marta is the most given (56% of them). In 2025 it was given to 92 of their 129 babies (71%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marta and names like it
- Compare Marta and MaritaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sMarta peaked in 1957.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marta since 1910.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Marta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Marta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.