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Marta

Gender
Girl
Say it
MAR-ta
Origin
Aramaic
UK rank, 2025
#1,135 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,051 for girls

Marta is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “lady, mistress”. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 2,051st for girls in the US (92 babies).

What does Marta mean?

Aramaic: form of Martha used across Europe

“lady, mistress”

Spanish, Italian, Polish and Scandinavian form of Martha.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Marta a girl's or a boy's name?

Marta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK and 92 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marta in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,135th among girls
Babies in 2025
31 about 1 in 9,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Marta, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 804th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 72 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Marta than any year since 2006.

Half of all the girls named Marta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,079th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 72 in 20102025
Marta in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202531#1,135
202438#984
202338#988
202260#680
202136#1,028
202050#804
201955#760
201852#803
201757#767
201666#689
201556#758
201457#747
201356#761
201244#919
201170#631
201072#607
200959#687
200857#703
200736#924
200622#1,272
200520#1,280
200419#1,293
200312#1,730
20029#2,040
200116#1,325
20007#2,304
199912#1,576
19986#2,535
199711#1,664
19969#1,862

How popular is Marta in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,051st among girls
Babies in 2025
92 about 1 in 17,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 92 girls in the US were named Marta, making it the 2,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 444 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.

2025 had more girls named Marta than any year since 2004.

Half of all the girls named Marta in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.

1888Busiest: 444 in 19572025
Marta in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202592#2,051
202490#2,118
202361#2,789
202279#2,346
202166#2,608
202067#2,549
201973#2,428
201864#2,676
201762#2,744
201675#2,446
201553#3,129
201464#2,712
201361#2,803
201255#3,039
201165#2,694
201065#2,726
200979#2,424
200874#2,538
200769#2,647
200682#2,308
200591#2,056
200494#1,971
200387#2,046
2002107#1,706
2001126#1,488
200095#1,813
1999110#1,537
1998108#1,541
1997119#1,404
1996140#1,244
1995138#1,232
1994131#1,290
1993132#1,282
1992158#1,122
1991172#1,053
1990176#1,024
1989164#1,039
1988134#1,139
1987133#1,123
1986177#909
1985176#901
1984175#867
1983183#838
1982199#806
1981261#668
1980217#763
1979215#752
1978223#710
1977201#757
1976191#755
1975233#652
1974232#657
1973217#688
1972235#651
1971306#574
1970325#563
1969271#605
1968337#523
1967334#519
1966328#522
1965352#506
1964344#529
1963373#504
1962382#494
1961350#521
1960346#521
1959409#480
1958397#475
1957444#446
1956395#468
1955417#437
1954422#426
1953432#413
1952395#430
1951409#410
1950443#383
1949175#625
1948145#688
1947141#715
1946128#712
1945113#698
1944152#597
1943106#754
194287#823
194187#773
194078#802
193969#838
193875#811
193767#841
193669#810
193551#965
193457#905
193358#887
193251#989
193135#1,227
193028#1,460
192931#1,369
192831#1,393
192737#1,303
192628#1,540
192538#1,272
192446#1,151
192334#1,350
192228#1,575
192130#1,514
192032#1,407
191928#1,481
191829#1,451
191726#1,470
191625#1,485
191523#1,523
191417#1,603
191319#1,308
191219#1,218
191112#1,372
19108#1,773
19090–
19087#1,676
19079#1,384
19069#1,321
19059#1,297
19046#1,658
19038#1,318
19020–
19016#1,466
19000–
18990–
18986#1,501
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18885#1,276

Names like Marta

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Maria, Mara, Lara, Marla, Sara, Lana, Mia, Margot, Marnie, Ava, Rosa, Ana

Names related to Marta

Martha, Marita, Marty, Marti, Marit, Martie, Martia

More Aramaic names

Thomas, Tommy, Barnaby, Barney, Tabitha, Tomas, Tadeo, Tom, Thaddeus, Tomos, Tommie, Tomi, Saphira, Tommaso, Barnabas, Talitha

Every Aramaic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Marta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marta, updated 20 October 2026.