Marth — girls' name
31 babies named Marth in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
31 girls have been named Marth since 1920, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1970.
- 31
- total births
- 1920–1970
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
32% of everyone ever named Marth was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Marth in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marth
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Marth between 1920 and 1970, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marth currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marth performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Marth shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marth 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 31 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.
Marth at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1920
- Peak year (1939)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
31 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 6 births in a single year.
Marth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 10 births that decade — 32% of Marth's all-time total
Marth decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Marth's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.