NameTides

Martha

Martha was the #712 girls' name in the US in 2025 (393 babies), and #164 in England & Wales and #582 in Canada.

Martha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Martha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
Martha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#712 (393)#164 (302)#284 (12)#84 (25)#352 (11)#582 (52)
2024#666 (435)#159 (317)#230 (16)#110 (18)#243 (17)#661 (44)
2023#671 (439)#111 (438)#228 (17)#76 (27)#404 (9)#493 (59)
2022#723 (405)#110 (456)#151 (28)#98 (22)#222 (20)#640 (44)
2021#725 (395)#103 (505)#177 (24)#131 (18)#336 (12)#627 (47)
2020#767 (354)#115 (422)#220 (17)#119 (17)#207 (22)#556 (52)
2019#794 (349)#95 (552)#158 (28)#102 (21)#325 (13)#603 (51)
2018#782 (349)#94 (560)#172 (26)#145 (15)#235 (20)#564 (55)
2017#746 (376)#76 (718)#120 (39)#110 (21)#241 (20)#646 (46)
2016#716 (397)#75 (756)#153 (32)#97 (27)#288 (16)#765 (37)
2015#771 (367)#67 (868)#109 (43)#113 (21)#170 (34)#700 (41)
2014#735 (383)#69 (807)#124 (39)#123 (20)#229 (22)#731 (38)
2013#793 (344)#73 (756)#117 (40)#150 (13)#172 (33)#791 (35)
2012#713 (392)#77 (770)#119 (40)#131 (16)#184 (31)#660 (44)
2011#738 (374)#83 (723)#112 (41)#135 (17)#220 (24)#744 (37)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #16.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 840common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 290common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Martha is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 4,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Martha by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #364WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #396INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #215PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #409TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #742TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Martha (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#82314

Martha (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarthaCanadaGirls#58252
MarthaEngland & WalesGirls#164302
MarthaIrelandGirls#35211
MarthaNorthern IrelandGirls#8425
MarthaScotlandGirls#28412
MarthaUSGirls#712393
MarthaUSBoys—too few