Martha

Boy · recorded 1882–1995

  • 1995last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Martha.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1882

0469118821910193919671995

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 108 recorded years as a table
Martha, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188288
188386
188546
188663
188749
188891
189045
189371
189460
189577
189675
189753
189857
189975
190060
190175
190265
190545
190660
190761
190852
190961
191067
191149
191216
191331
191421
191522
191622
191719
191816
191929
192018
192115
192217
192326
192434
192535
192632
192735
192833
192936
193032
193138
193234
193338
193436
193535
193639
193727
193837
193942
194039
194136
194218
194318
194421
194516
194621
194712
194813
194916
19508
195115
195210
19538
19549
19559
195610
19579
195814
19597
19608
19614
196211
19638
19648
19659
19668
19677
19686
19697
19708
19718
19728
19734
19746
19759
19765
19775
19786
19797
19808
19815
19829
19839
19849
198510
19865
19875
19888
198910
19908
19913
19925
19934
19944
19956

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Martha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1995
11
Rank in 1995
#5,124
How rare
1 in 173,063 boys
Since 1882
1,991

Martha was last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1888, at 91 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Martha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.