Marta
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Martha.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Marta (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Marta has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 16 |
| 2008 | 14 |
| 2009 | 13 |
| 2010 | 12 |
| 2011 | 8 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2016 | 13 |
| 2017 | 11 |
| 2018 | 19 |
| 2019 | 21 |
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2021 | 23 |
| 2022 | 16 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,752 |
| 2000 | 3,591 |
| 2001 | 3,440 |
| 2002 | 3,277 |
| 2003 | 3,150 |
| 2004 | 3,022 |
| 2005 | 2,901 |
| 2006 | 2,845 |
| 2007 | 2,782 |
| 2008 | 2,789 |
| 2009 | 2,769 |
| 2010 | 2,681 |
| 2011 | 2,640 |
| 2012 | 2,610 |
| 2013 | 2,591 |
| 2014 | 2,577 |
| 2015 | 2,577 |
| 2016 | 2,585 |
| 2017 | 2,578 |
| 2018 | 2,579 |
| 2019 | 2,559 |
| 2020 | 2,507 |
Marta in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marta.Hi! My name is Marta.
- Marta har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Marta has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Marta i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Marta this afternoon.
- Martas mamma är lärare.Marta's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Martas mamma is Marta's mum.
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Questions about Marta
How do you pronounce Marta in Swedish?
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What does the name Marta mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Martha.
How popular is Marta in Sweden?
16 babies were named Marta in 2022. In 2020, 2,507 people in Sweden had Marta as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.