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Martha
Pronounced /ˈmɑɹθə/
Rank in 2024
#667
Born in 2024
431
Peak year
1947 · #32
Origin
Aramaic
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 431 girls were named Martha, about 1 in every 3,743.
- It peaked in 1947 with 10,652 babies, ranked #32.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 551,325 girls have been named Martha since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Martha per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 7.3Greatest1901–27
- 7.2Silent1928–45
- 4.2Boomers1946–64
- 1.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 149,719 babies, 7.32 per 1,000. Silent: 148,743 babies, 7.20 per 1,000. Boomers: 149,469 babies, 4.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 34,469 babies, 1.35 per 1,000. Millennials: 18,850 babies, 0.67 per 1,000. Gen Z: 9,729 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,583 babies, 0.23 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Martha, from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מָרְתָא (mārtā, “mistress”), feminine of מרא (mārā). Doublet of Marfa. (humidity chamber): From the use of Martha Stewart-branded storage closets in the construction of early units.
- A female given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.
- Origin
- Aramaic
- Say it
- /ˈmɑɹθə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Martha, CC BY-SA 4.0.