Marte
Marte is a name with multiple cultural origins: Norwegian, Roman Mythology.
- Norwegian
- Roman Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Marte
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marte is a name with multiple cultural origins: Norwegian, Roman Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
- Roman Mythology
The Story of Marte
As a girl name
Marte first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1952, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1952: 6 births, good for #4,909 nationwide. About 51% of every Marte on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Marte last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 35 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Marte on the record books as a boy name in 1961, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 9 Martes were born — ranking #5,771 that year. About 37% of every Marte on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Marte last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 139 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Marte
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Marte. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Marte
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About the name Marte
Marte is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 139 births in the dataset. Marte's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #5,771. Use the chart and map above to compare Marte's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.