Martha — #667 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Martha

The Social Security Administration has registered 551,325 babies named Martha between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Martha currently holds the #667 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 10,652 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Martha performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 95,386 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Martha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 40,971 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Martha in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Martha 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 551,325 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.