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 |
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. Its US peak was 10,652 in 1947.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Martha was most common in 1880, when it went to 1.07% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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