Girl
Martha
Martha is a girl's name meaning "Lady", drawing on Aramaic roots. It was at its most popular in the 1940s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is widely recognized. The registry counts around 516,946 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
AramaicLady
AramaicMistress of the house
Births by decade
1900s
21,816
1910s
59,671
1920s
87,099
1930s
78,069
1940s
95,673
1950s
83,382
1960s
41,178
1970s
18,026
1980s
13,180
1990s
9,784
2000s
6,074
2010s
2,994
Peaked in the 1940s · 516,946 total U.S. births since 1900