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Baby name
Martha
Girl
Origin of the name
Martha comes from the Aramaic, “lady, mistress.” In the Gospels, Martha is the sister of Mary and Lazarus.
Classic name
551,741births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 32rank at its peak, in 1947
Where babies named Martha are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Martha is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Martha is most common in Alabama (2.3 times), Mississippi (2.3) and Kentucky (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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