Name meaning & stats
Marta
Marta means “pearl” (Aramaic origin). 16,415 US babies since 1940, peak 1957.
What it means
“pearl”
AramaicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1957
16,415 US babies were named Marta between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Marta (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 55% of the family
- Marta 55%
- Marietta 25%
- Marita 13%
- Maretta 2%
- Maryetta 2%
- Martia 1%
- Marieta 1%
- Marrietta <1%
- Maritta <1%
- Martita <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1957)