Girl name#1,000 of girl names
Marta
Pronounced M AA1 R T AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1957
- 137 years in use
How popular is Marta?
Marta is a girls' name, and first appears in 1888. It has been given to 17,528 children — the 1,000th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1957, when 444 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AA1 R T AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Marta
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Marta
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Marta?
- Marta ranks 1,000th among girls' names in US records, with 17,528 births since 1888. Over the past decade it accounts for 689.
- Is Marta a unisex name?
- No. Marta is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Marta most popular?
- 1957, when 444 children were given the name. It has been in use for 137 years and is still recorded as of 2024.