Boy or Girl

Is Marta a boy or girl name?

Marta is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 90 girls and 0 boys were named Marta, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 17,486 US babies named Marta were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#2,123
Babies named Marta since 1888
17,486
Most popular year
1957
444 babies
Babies named Marta each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Marta from 1888 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.01503004506001900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Marta, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s05100%
1890s06100%
1900s054100%
1910s0206100%
1920s0335100%
1930s0560100%
1940s01,212100%
1950s04,163100%
1960s03,417100%
1970s152,37899.4%
1980s311,81998.3%
1990s01,383100%
2000s0903100%
2010s0636100%
2020s0363100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–90#2,123
20230–61#2,806
20220–79#2,356
20210–66#2,625
20200–67#2,570
20190–73#2,445
20180–64#2,700
20170–62#2,765
20160–74#2,470
20150–53#3,161
20140–64#2,728
20130–61#2,830
20120–55#3,072
20110–65#2,715
20100–65#2,742
20090–79#2,440
20080–74#2,550
20070–69#2,672
20060–82#2,321
20050–90#2,083
20040–94#1,982
20030–87#2,056
20020–107#1,718
20010–126#1,495
20000–95#1,824
19990–110#1,542
19980–107#1,555
19970–119#1,410
19960–140#1,252
19950–138#1,241
19940–131#1,301
19930–132#1,287
19920–158#1,125
19910–172#1,058
19900–176#1,028
198910#5,053164#1,045
19886#6,957134#1,146
19870–133#1,125
19866#6,439177#913
19850–176#904
19840–175#871
19830–183#840
19829#4,457199#806
19810–261#670
19800–217#764
19790–215#753
19780–223#710
19770–201#757
19760–191#759
19755#5,994233#653
19745#5,715232#659
19730–217#690
19720–235#652
19715#5,381306#574
19700–325#563
19690–271#605
19680–337#523
19670–334#520
19660–328#523
19650–352#506
19640–344#530
19630–373#504
19620–382#494
19610–350#521
19600–346#520
19590–409#480
19580–397#476
19570–444#446
19560–395#469
19550–417#438
19540–422#428
19530–432#414
19520–395#431
19510–409#413
19500–443#384
19490–175#626
19480–145#695
19470–141#717
19460–128#713
19450–113#700
19440–152#597
19430–106#755
19420–87#826
19410–87#776
19400–78#807
19390–69#846
19380–75#817
19370–67#847
19360–69#813
19350–51#970
19340–57#913
19330–58#889
19320–51#993
19310–35#1,237
19300–28#1,492
19290–31#1,387
19280–31#1,417
19270–37#1,321
19260–28#1,573
19250–38#1,284
19240–46#1,161
19230–34#1,377
19220–28#1,600
19210–30#1,529
19200–32#1,430
19190–28#1,512
19180–29#1,480
19170–26#1,494
19160–25#1,515
19150–23#1,556
19140–17#1,640
19130–19#1,340
19120–19#1,241
19110–12#1,419
19100–8#1,879
19090–0–
19080–7#1,784
19070–9#1,472
19060–9#1,389
19050–9#1,385
19040–6#1,789
19030–8#1,402
19020–0–
19010–6#1,597
19000–0–
18990–0–
18980–6#1,629
18970–0–
18960–0–
18950–0–
18940–0–
18930–0–
18920–0–
18910–0–
18900–0–
18890–0–
18880–5#1,412

Highest rank

As a boy name, Marta reached #4,457 in 1982. As a girl name, it reached #384 in 1950. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Marta

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.