Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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