Martha

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Martha is a feminine given name. Patti, Patsy, and Patty were in use in Colonial America as English rhyming diminutives of the diminutive Mattie. Molly has been used as a diminutive of Martha since the 18th century.

From Wikipedia

Martha first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 354 babies (rank #47 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Martha

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Martha yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

6,558
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
354
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952354#47
1953323#51
1954315#51
1955309#56
1956311#55
1957271#69
1958267#69
1959280#67
1960239#78
1961290#70
1962256#78
1963248#84
1964239#92
1965209#101
1966170#112
1967179#110
1968150#133
1969144#147
1970138#150
1971124#158
197286#208
197389#186
197484#186
197564#225
197664#234
197759#236
197870#216
197954#259
198057#254
198145#304
198263#233
198356#246
198453#259
198542#323
198655#263
198734#375
198840#331
198948#300
199043#329
199143#336
199242#346
199326#477
199443#334
199538#362
199629#444
199731#419
199824#489
199926#463
200029#442
200135#376
200236#371
200321#526
200428#417
200527#411
200616#562
200715#579
200824#443
200922#455
201012#625
201117#498
201219#438
201319#439
201414#505