# Marta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑː(ɹ)tə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17,581 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 46 / 17,535 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,049, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 65 | 2,716 |
| 2012 | 55 | 3,072 |
| 2013 | 61 | 2,830 |
| 2014 | 64 | 2,729 |
| 2015 | 53 | 3,164 |
| 2016 | 75 | 2,458 |
| 2017 | 62 | 2,766 |
| 2018 | 64 | 2,704 |
| 2019 | 73 | 2,446 |
| 2020 | 67 | 2,571 |
| 2021 | 66 | 2,627 |
| 2022 | 79 | 2,358 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,809 |
| 2024 | 90 | 2,131 |
| 2025 | 92 | 2,056 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 5,380 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,715 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,994 |
| 1982 | 9 | 4,457 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,438 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,958 |
| 1989 | 10 | 5,053 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 629 |
| 2012 | 39 | 934 |
| 2013 | 54 | 733 |
| 2014 | 51 | 763 |
| 2015 | 53 | 735 |
| 2016 | 61 | 681 |
| 2017 | 53 | 753 |
| 2018 | 49 | 778 |
| 2019 | 53 | 724 |
| 2020 | 40 | 894 |
| 2021 | 34 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 55 | 676 |
| 2023 | 36 | 962 |
| 2024 | 38 | 934 |
| 2025 | 31 | 1,079 |

## People named Marta

- Marta, Brazilian footballer (born 1986)
- Marta Eggerth, American actress, singer
- Marta Jandová, Czech singer
- Marta Kauffman, American TV producer
- Marta Kubišová, Czech singer
- Marta Roure, Andorran singer
- Marta Lucía Ramírez, 12th Vice President of Colombia (2018–2022)
- Märta Tikkanen, Finnish-Swedish writer and debater
- Marta Hillers, German journalist (1911–2001)
- Marta Harnecker, Chilean academic
- Marta Colvin, Chilean sculptor (1907-1995)
- Marta Urbanová, Czech field hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.