Martha

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #712in 2025
  • 1 in 4,089girls in 2025
  • +19%last ten years
  • 3.9×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05,71511,42918801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Martha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188011,429
188111,354
188211,396
188311,173
188411,184
188510,710
188610,316
188710,303
18889,904
18899,593
18909,371
18919,403
18929,019
18938,478
18948,828
18958,972
18968,499
18978,497
18988,440
18998,184
19008,129
19017,880
19027,687
19037,558
19047,332
19057,170
19067,447
19077,138
19086,952
19097,229
19107,208
19117,217
19127,007
19137,266
19147,133
19157,334
19167,287
19177,640
19187,205
19197,364
19207,268
19217,513
19227,511
19237,428
19247,463
19257,197
19267,218
19276,964
19287,155
19296,842
19306,956
19317,026
19327,102
19337,108
19347,282
19357,268
19367,105
19377,474
19387,774
19397,745
19407,604
19417,579
19427,043
19436,955
19447,033
19456,696
19466,211
19476,008
19485,896
19495,733
19505,744
19515,334
19525,229
19534,924
19544,427
19554,056
19563,841
19573,600
19583,356
19593,182
19602,884
19612,836
19622,623
19632,535
19642,347
19652,153
19661,932
19671,763
19681,574
19691,439
19701,355
19711,316
19721,245
19731,183
19741,250
19751,229
19761,091
19771,041
1978970
1979899
1980937
1981942
1982856
1983807
1984719
1985710
1986672
1987657
1988639
1989677
1990667
1991604
1992621
1993585
1994534
1995528
1996503
1997496
1998441
1999418
2000434
2001422
2002400
2003350
2004328
2005325
2006307
2007276
2008267
2009245
2010232
2011213
2012223
2013196
2014214
2015206
2016224
2017218
2018205
2019208
2020219
2021241
2022247
2023274
2024268
2025245

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Pennsylvania 3.9×
  2. Kentucky 2.7×
  3. Indiana 2.4×
  4. Wisconsin 2.4×
  5. Alabama 2.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
393
Rank in 2025
#712
How rare
1 in 4,089 girls
Since 1880
551,741

Most popular in 1880, at 11,429 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 19% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania3.9×142
Kentucky2.7×37
Indiana2.4×53
Wisconsin2.4×38
Alabama2.1×31

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