Girls' name · peaked in 1950

Marta name popularity since 1925

17,140 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marta. Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Marta is about 60 years old in 2026. Marta peaked in 1950 as the #384 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 17,140; Named Marta, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1950; #384 for girls that year
Typical age: About 60; Median birth year 1966
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #2,056 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.7% girls; 17,094 girls · 46 boys
Most popular in: Texas; 2.76× its national share

Peak year is the year Marta made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Marta births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Marta peaked in 1950.

Fastest rise: Between 1945 and 1950, Marta became 3× more common, from 1 in 11,600 baby girls to 1 in 3,870.
Steepest fall: Between 1982 and 1987, its share of baby girls fell by 35%, from 1 in 8,510 to 1 in 13,100.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marta's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marta.

Decade by decade

Babies named Marta in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	165	0	–
1930s	560	0	#970
1940s	1,212	0	#700
1950s	4,163	0	#438
1960s	3,417	0	#506
1970s	2,378	15	#653
1980s	1,819	31	#904
1990s	1,384	0	#1,241
2000s	904	0	#2,068
2010s	637	0	#3,164
2020–25	455	0	#2,056

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

38.2% of babies named Marta from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:

Where Marta is most popular

The index compares Marta's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Marta.

State	Index	Babies
Texas	2.76×	2,816
California	2.34×	3,214
New York	1.69×	1,669
Illinois	1.35×	854
New Jersey	1.32×	471

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marta's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marta.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Marta (1950).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data