Martha
#56 most common girls' name of all time · #117 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#56
Rank overall
#117 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
553,732
Since 2016
3,892
Peak year
1947 #32
Best rank
#14 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 10,673/yr
Martha is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 393 | — | 393 | #712 |
| 2024 | 435 | — | 435 | #666 |
| 2023 | 439 | — | 439 | #671 |
| 2022 | 405 | — | 405 | #723 |
| 2021 | 395 | — | 395 | #725 |
| 2020 | 354 | — | 354 | #767 |
| 2019 | 349 | — | 349 | #794 |
| 2018 | 349 | — | 349 | #782 |
| 2017 | 376 | — | 376 | #746 |
| 2016 | 397 | — | 397 | #716 |
| 2015 | 367 | — | 367 | #771 |
| 2014 | 383 | — | 383 | #735 |
| 2013 | 344 | — | 344 | #793 |
| 2012 | 392 | — | 392 | #713 |
| 2011 | 374 | — | 374 | #738 |
| 2010 | 412 | — | 412 | #692 |
| 2009 | 451 | — | 451 | #657 |
| 2008 | 505 | — | 505 | #605 |
| 2007 | 531 | — | 531 | #565 |
| 2006 | 583 | — | 583 | #519 |
| 2005 | 601 | — | 601 | #502 |
| 2004 | 603 | — | 603 | #487 |
| 2003 | 640 | — | 640 | #466 |
| 2002 | 718 | — | 718 | #405 |
| 2001 | 759 | — | 759 | #384 |
| 2000 | 788 | — | 788 | #373 |
| 1999 | 742 | — | 742 | #384 |
| 1998 | 779 | — | 779 | #368 |
| 1997 | 863 | — | 863 | #330 |
| 1996 | 881 | — | 881 | #319 |
| 1995 | 928 | 11 | 939 | #298 |
| 1994 | 954 | 8 | 962 | #288 |
| 1993 | 1,058 | 7 | 1,065 | #262 |
| 1992 | 1,146 | 10 | 1,156 | #242 |
| 1991 | 1,132 | 7 | 1,139 | #246 |
| 1990 | 1,267 | 16 | 1,283 | #224 |
| 1989 | 1,249 | 20 | 1,269 | #220 |
| 1988 | 1,138 | 16 | 1,154 | #231 |
| 1987 | 1,143 | 10 | 1,153 | #235 |
| 1986 | 1,153 | 10 | 1,163 | #227 |
| 1985 | 1,221 | 19 | 1,240 | #211 |
| 1984 | 1,210 | 16 | 1,226 | #216 |
| 1983 | 1,349 | 17 | 1,366 | #196 |
| 1982 | 1,449 | 17 | 1,466 | #188 |
| 1981 | 1,572 | 9 | 1,581 | #174 |
| 1980 | 1,555 | 14 | 1,569 | #178 |
| 1979 | 1,443 | 12 | 1,455 | #184 |
| 1978 | 1,486 | 10 | 1,496 | #176 |
| 1977 | 1,596 | 8 | 1,604 | #171 |
| 1976 | 1,598 | 8 | 1,606 | #161 |
| 1975 | 1,792 | 14 | 1,806 | #149 |
| 1974 | 1,834 | 10 | 1,844 | #150 |
| 1973 | 1,725 | 7 | 1,732 | #157 |
| 1972 | 1,894 | 13 | 1,907 | #151 |
| 1971 | 2,190 | 14 | 2,204 | #147 |
| 1970 | 2,368 | 14 | 2,382 | #143 |
| 1969 | 2,428 | 13 | 2,441 | #139 |
| 1968 | 2,582 | 10 | 2,592 | #123 |
| 1967 | 2,910 | 13 | 2,923 | #117 |
| 1966 | 3,270 | 15 | 3,285 | #106 |
| 1965 | 3,801 | 16 | 3,817 | #99 |
| 1964 | 4,448 | 15 | 4,463 | #95 |
| 1963 | 4,887 | 17 | 4,904 | #90 |
| 1962 | 5,159 | 23 | 5,182 | #87 |
| 1961 | 5,724 | 9 | 5,733 | #81 |
| 1960 | 5,831 | 18 | 5,849 | #83 |
| 1959 | 6,439 | 16 | 6,455 | #72 |
| 1958 | 6,750 | 30 | 6,780 | #69 |
| 1957 | 7,361 | 20 | 7,381 | #63 |
| 1956 | 7,711 | 22 | 7,733 | #59 |
| 1955 | 7,930 | 19 | 7,949 | #53 |
| 1954 | 8,596 | 18 | 8,614 | #46 |
| 1953 | 9,263 | 16 | 9,279 | #41 |
| 1952 | 9,696 | 20 | 9,716 | #40 |
| 1951 | 9,605 | 29 | 9,634 | #38 |
| 1950 | 9,839 | 15 | 9,854 | #32 |
| 1949 | 9,808 | 28 | 9,836 | #34 |
| 1948 | 10,011 | 22 | 10,033 | #32 |
| 1947 | 10,651 | 22 | 10,673 | #32 |
| 1946 | 9,759 | 34 | 9,793 | #32 |
| 1945 | 8,752 | 22 | 8,774 | #30 |
| 1944 | 9,335 | 28 | 9,363 | #29 |
| 1943 | 9,704 | 25 | 9,729 | #29 |
| 1942 | 9,513 | 25 | 9,538 | #29 |
| 1941 | 9,156 | 44 | 9,200 | #25 |
| 1940 | 8,695 | 45 | 8,740 | #26 |
| 1939 | 8,493 | 47 | 8,540 | #27 |
| 1938 | 8,578 | 41 | 8,619 | #26 |
| 1937 | 7,953 | 29 | 7,982 | #24 |
| 1936 | 7,392 | 40 | 7,432 | #24 |
| 1935 | 7,621 | 36 | 7,657 | #24 |
| 1934 | 7,604 | 37 | 7,641 | #27 |
| 1933 | 7,164 | 38 | 7,202 | #27 |
| 1932 | 7,579 | 35 | 7,614 | #27 |
| 1931 | 7,481 | 39 | 7,520 | #28 |
| 1930 | 7,832 | 35 | 7,867 | #27 |
| 1929 | 7,639 | 39 | 7,678 | #27 |
| 1928 | 8,252 | 37 | 8,289 | #22 |
| 1927 | 8,304 | 40 | 8,344 | #24 |
| 1926 | 8,556 | 36 | 8,592 | #24 |
| 1925 | 8,762 | 39 | 8,801 | #23 |
| 1924 | 9,320 | 39 | 9,359 | #21 |
| 1923 | 8,961 | 29 | 8,990 | #21 |
| 1922 | 9,021 | 19 | 9,040 | #21 |
| 1921 | 9,264 | 17 | 9,281 | #21 |
| 1920 | 8,709 | 19 | 8,728 | #23 |
| 1919 | 8,322 | 28 | 8,350 | #25 |
| 1918 | 8,341 | 16 | 8,357 | #25 |
| 1917 | 8,261 | 18 | 8,279 | #22 |
| 1916 | 7,610 | 20 | 7,630 | #24 |
| 1915 | 7,216 | 19 | 7,235 | #25 |
| 1914 | 5,432 | 14 | 5,446 | #27 |
| 1913 | 4,538 | 16 | 4,554 | #28 |
| 1912 | 3,911 | 7 | 3,918 | #29 |
| 1911 | 3,019 | 11 | 3,030 | #28 |
| 1910 | 2,858 | 13 | 2,871 | #28 |
| 1909 | 2,510 | 10 | 2,520 | #28 |
| 1908 | 2,324 | 8 | 2,332 | #32 |
| 1907 | 2,274 | 9 | 2,283 | #31 |
| 1906 | 2,199 | 8 | 2,207 | #29 |
| 1905 | 2,091 | 6 | 2,097 | #32 |
| 1904 | 2,019 | — | 2,019 | #29 |
| 1903 | 1,980 | — | 1,980 | #29 |
| 1902 | 2,030 | 8 | 2,038 | #30 |
| 1901 | 1,886 | 8 | 1,894 | #29 |
| 1900 | 2,437 | 9 | 2,446 | #28 |
| 1899 | 1,907 | 8 | 1,915 | #28 |
| 1898 | 2,184 | 7 | 2,191 | #25 |
| 1897 | 1,990 | 6 | 1,996 | #26 |
| 1896 | 2,022 | 9 | 2,031 | #26 |
| 1895 | 2,096 | 9 | 2,105 | #25 |
| 1894 | 1,968 | 7 | 1,975 | #24 |
| 1893 | 1,805 | 8 | 1,813 | #25 |
| 1892 | 1,915 | — | 1,915 | #24 |
| 1891 | 1,744 | — | 1,744 | #21 |
| 1890 | 1,784 | 5 | 1,789 | #22 |
| 1889 | 1,711 | — | 1,711 | #21 |
| 1888 | 1,769 | 11 | 1,780 | #19 |
| 1887 | 1,504 | 5 | 1,509 | #17 |
| 1886 | 1,491 | 7 | 1,498 | #18 |
| 1885 | 1,425 | 5 | 1,430 | #17 |
| 1884 | 1,443 | — | 1,443 | #16 |
| 1883 | 1,255 | 9 | 1,264 | #15 |
| 1882 | 1,229 | 10 | 1,239 | #14 |
| 1881 | 1,044 | — | 1,044 | #17 |
| 1880 | 1,040 | — | 1,040 | #16 |