Martha
A girls’ name of Aramaic origin, meaning lady or mistress.
Babies a year
302
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#713
down from #667
UK popularity
#164
302 babies · down from #159
How Martha has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #775 |
| 2016 | #718 |
| 2017 | #747 |
| 2018 | #783 |
| 2019 | #795 |
| 2020 | #767 |
| 2021 | #727 |
| 2022 | #725 |
| 2023 | #673 |
| 2024 | #667 |
| 2025 | #713 |
Martha by the numbers
In 2025, 302 babies in England and Wales were named Martha. In the US, 370 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 10,652 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 94 American girls born that year was called Martha.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Martha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Martalady or mistress of the house31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marshaof mars the god; warlike; a form of marcia14 in the US (2017)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marinaof the sea68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Martinadedicated to mars; warlike26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marwaa fragrant plant; firmness and hardness143 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Martha
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