first name
MARTHA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 368,239 people named Martha, 50.7% reported their origin as White, 40.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Martha peaked in 1947, when 10,673 babies got the name.
At least 553,732 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Martha by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #34. The largest share of babies named Martha, 27.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Martha is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Martha has been most common in Alabama (2.3×), Mississippi (2.3×), and Kentucky (2.1×), and least common in Nevada (0.15×).
494,771 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Martha
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Martha, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Martha ranks #29,674 of 156,621, with 847 people. See Martha as a last name
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