Marta

Where Marta comes from

The dictionaries list Marta as a given name — a female given name, variant of Martha — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,276 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1950
    Peak, #384
    443 babies named Marta — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #688.
  4. 1986
    Marta born
    Brazilian footballer
  5. 2002
    Marta Kostyuk born
    Ukrainian tennis player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Martha.
Namesakes
  • Marta · Brazilian footballer, born 1986
  • Marta Kostyuk · Ukrainian tennis player, born 2002
  • Marta Torrejón · Spanish footballer, born 1990
  • Marta Eggerth · American actress, singer, 1912–2013
  • Marta Jandová · Czech singer, born 1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.