Marta

Meaning: Lady, mistress
Origin: Aramaic — Form of Martha used in Spanish, Italian and other languages

Girl's name · #2056 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Marta holds its lane: charted since 1888 and rarely far from where it stands today (#2056 in 2025). About 18,000 girls have carried it along the way.

Across the states

See where Marta is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Marta is especially popular in Croatia and Estonia.

#5 in Croatia (2025) · #8 in Estonia (2025) · #37 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) · #45 in Italy (2024) · #48 in Spain (2024) · #56 in Sweden (2025) · #86 in Poland (2025) · #186 in Austria (2025) · #196 in Slovenia (2025) · #232 in Switzerland (2025) · #297 in Norway (2025) · #329 in Belgium (2025) and 10 more.

Famous Martas

Marta — Brazilian footballer (born 1986)
Márta Mészáros — Hungarian screenwriter and film director (born 1931)
Marta Kostyuk — Ukrainian tennis player (born 2002)
Marta Kauffman — American television producer (born 1956)
Marta Kristen — American actress (born 1945)

In stories & tradition

Marta Lualdi — Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (video game)
Marta Snoeck^nl — Hallo België! (Dutch-language TV series)
Marta^it — Lupo Alberto (comics)

What Martas become

Among 3,299 notable people named Marta:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.34× more often than among typical names — e.g. Marta Harnecker, Chilean academic (1937–2019).

Similar names: Martha · Rosalinda · Marla · Roberta · Mona · Margarita

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