Martha Name Popularity

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How popular is Martha?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Martha, ranked the 797th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Martha has been a top 1000 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #14 in 1882.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1947 with 10,651 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Martha was 340 in 2013.

Approximately during the years 1881-1884, 1885-1888, 1909-1917, 1935-1938, and 1944-1947, the name Martha took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1952-1973, 1980-1984, 1990-1993, and 2006-2009.

Martha's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Martha for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Martha?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Martha still has a solid footing and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Martha is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Martha (Girl)		Martha (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		341	797	< 5	--
2017		374	748	< 5	--
2016		392	723	< 5	--
2015		358	786	< 5	--
2014		383	733	< 5	--
2013		340	796	< 5	--
2012		384	723	< 5	--
2011		366	752	< 5	--
2010		410	695	< 5	--
2009		440	664	< 5	--
2008		499	611	< 5	--
2007		522	577	< 5	--
2006		580	520	< 5	--
2005		593	505	< 5	--
2004		592	497	< 5	--
2003		631	472	< 5	--
2002		704	411	< 5	--
2001		747	390	< 5	--
2000		781	374	< 5	--
1999		739	385	< 5	--
1998		774	369	< 5	--
1997		861	330	< 5	--
1996		879	319	< 5	--
1995		927	299	11	5,384
1994		954	289	8	6,766
1993		1,059	262	7	7,322
1992		1,146	242	10	5,512
1991		1,130	246	7	7,008
1990		1,266	224	16	3,716
1989		1,249	220	20	3,049
1988		1,137	231	16	3,294
1987		1,142	236	10	4,461
1986		1,152	227	10	4,345
1985		1,221	211	19	2,667
1984		1,210	216	16	2,898
1983		1,348	196	17	2,751
1982		1,449	188	17	2,780
1981		1,571	175	9	4,379
1980		1,554	178	14	3,193
1979		1,441	185	12	3,488
1978		1,485	176	10	3,753
1977		1,595	171	8	4,439
1976		1,598	161	8	4,262
1975		1,790	149	14	2,854
1974		1,832	150	10	3,481
1973		1,726	158	7	4,345
1972		1,896	151	13	2,762
1971		2,189	147	14	2,646
1970		2,368	143	14	2,588
1969		2,426	139	13	2,504
1968		2,578	123	10	2,842
1967		2,911	117	13	2,306
1966		3,269	106	15	2,107
1965		3,800	99	16	2,044
1964		4,450	95	15	2,167
1963		4,883	90	17	2,011
1962		5,161	87	23	1,698
1961		5,719	81	9	3,023
1960		5,834	83	18	1,955
1959		6,439	72	16	2,081
1958		6,745	69	30	1,439
1957		7,363	63	20	1,824
1956		7,711	59	22	1,705
1955		7,928	53	19	1,825
1954		8,596	46	18	1,873
1953		9,261	41	16	2,008
1952		9,697	40	20	1,728
1951		9,603	38	29	1,392
1950		9,837	32	15	1,994
1949		9,809	34	28	1,394
1948		10,006	32	22	1,590
1947		10,651	32	22	1,632
1946		9,761	32	34	1,210
1945		8,749	30	22	1,430
1944		9,333	29	28	1,279
1943		9,707	29	25	1,423
1942		9,509	29	25	1,405
1941		9,158	25	44	969
1940		8,692	26	45	960
1939		8,492	27	47	913
1938		8,579	26	41	1,002
1937		7,954	24	29	1,257
1936		7,389	24	40	1,002
1935		7,620	24	36	1,090
1934		7,603	27	37	1,087
1933		7,163	27	38	1,069
1932		7,581	27	35	1,153
1931		7,479	28	39	1,093
1930		7,832	27	35	1,209
1929		7,639	27	39	1,123
1928		8,249	22	37	1,183
1927		8,305	24	40	1,141
1926		8,554	24	36	1,209
1925		8,766	23	39	1,138
1924		9,317	21	39	1,168
1923		8,962	21	29	1,372
1922		9,021	21	19	1,858
1921		9,264	21	17	2,030
1920		8,709	23	19	1,854
1919		8,321	25	28	1,372
1918		8,342	25	16	2,041
1917		8,261	22	18	1,788
1916		7,610	24	20	1,629
1915		7,216	25	19	1,641
1914		5,432	27	14	1,739
1913		4,538	28	16	1,354
1912		3,911	29	7	2,175
1911		3,019	28	11	1,098
1910		2,858	28	13	913
1909		2,510	28	10	997
1908		2,324	32	8	1,087
1907		2,274	31	9	976
1906		2,199	29	8	976
1905		2,091	32	6	1,184
1904		2,019	29	< 5	--
1903		1,980	29	< 5	--
1902		2,030	30	8	901
1901		1,886	29	8	826
1900		2,437	28	9	945
1899		1,907	28	8	834
1898		2,184	25	7	957
1897		1,990	26	6	1,023
1896		2,022	26	9	806
1895		2,096	25	9	779
1894		1,968	24	7	921
1893		1,805	25	8	808
1892		1,915	24	< 5	--
1891		1,744	21	< 5	--
1890		1,784	22	5	1,100
1889		1,711	21	< 5	--
1888		1,769	19	11	630
1887		1,504	17	5	1,010
1886		1,491	18	7	813
1885		1,425	17	5	1,034
1884		1,443	16	< 5	--
1883		1,255	15	9	668
1882		1,229	14	10	629
1881		1,044	17	< 5	--
1880		1,040	16	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.