Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Martha

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Martha
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

10,652

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

96%

2024

431

All-time

551,325

Martha once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 10,652 girls were named Martha.

In 2024, only 431 girls were given the name.

Down 96% from its peak.

All told, about 551,325 Americans have been named Martha and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96% from peak

194710,652 girls named Martha

2024431 girls named Martha

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