Porter

#2,564 for girls in 2025, 68 births · #560 for boys in 2025, 531 births
Given to boys 95.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#273
1880 · 38 births
Debut · boys
1880
38 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,808
since 1880

Porter over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Porter has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #273, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,56468#560531
2024#2,43474#617464
2023#2,49471#499605
2022#2,29581#506592
2021#2,60866#443698
2020#2,82358#424707
2019#2,96255#478613
2018#3,29348#418749
2017#3,38746#398802
2016#2,96656#419749
2015#2,92759#375862
2014#3,77840#368857
2013#4,88728#383778
2012#4,38733#430644
2011#5,06327#449602
2010#7,21717#446602
2009#8,45414#473578
2008#6,55920#482574
2007#9,00713#474566
2006#9,28612#479553
2005#7,50015#575405
2004#11,6248#628336
2003#13,8446#646314
2002#8,83711#687265
2001#6,61916#762225
2000#11,8017#801201
1999#12,6886#859176
1998#12,4266#1,197103
1997—#1,37880
1996#13,5185#1,44571
1995#10,5147#1,47765
1994#10,5697#1,45466
1993—#1,74149
1992—#2,08537
1991—#2,01937
1990—#2,04936
1989—#2,41627
1988—#2,36725
1987—#2,27225
1986—#2,16126
1985—#1,86631
1984—#2,15924
1983—#1,78731
1982—#1,99927
1981—#2,27022
1980—#2,53619
1979—#2,89715
1978—#2,37519
1977—#1,67032
1976—#2,60116
1975—#2,00123
1974—#2,05021
1973—#1,98221
1972—#1,53531
1971—#1,49433
1970—#1,54630
1969—#1,37634
1968—#1,39331
1967—#1,65222
1966—#1,21638
1965—#1,25437
1964#6,0096#1,28837
1963—#1,19542
1962—#1,51527
1961—#1,32236
1960—#1,48629
1959—#1,30236
1958—#1,25338
1957—#1,13046
1956—#1,03253
1955—#95761
1954—#1,13743
1953—#1,10244
1952—#1,01350
1951—#1,01748
1950—#93454
1949—#87262
1948—#1,03746
1947—#90659
1946—#91153
1945—#1,00640
1944—#1,00442
1943—#80866
1942—#74873
1941—#83957
1940—#79261
1939—#80557
1938—#73070
1937—#75765
1936—#80758
1935—#88151
1934—#80859
1933—#73369
1932—#72274
1931—#70274
1930—#70478
1929—#66884
1928—#598107
1927—#72281
1926—#73176
1925—#621102
1924—#626104
1923—#68788
1922—#642101
1921—#580119
1920—#568120
1919—#559114
1918—#564115
1917#3,7137#566108
1916—#498131
1915—#555103
1914—#49797
1913—#49876
1912—#47468
1911—#44144
1910—#43040
1909—#50526
1908—#42931
1907—#42929
1906—#45624
1905—#34635
1904—#40127
1903—#43022
1902—#33733
1901—#37125
1900—#45525
1899—#36225
1898—#32934
1897—#36027
1896—#38026
1895—#38325
1894—#35826
1893—#35925
1892—#31235
1891—#38620
1890—#34526
1889—#40520
1888—#28937
1887—#46114
1886—#34824
1885—#27736
1884—#37522
1883—#34623
1882—#32428
1881—#27632
1880—#27338
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Porter was already there! It came in at #273, and was given to 38 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 15 boys a year got the name.

See more about Porter
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 57 spots since 2024 (#617 → #560)
  • 136 spots since 2020 (#424 → #560)
  • 185 spots since 2015 (#375 → #560)
  • Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1999 (#1,197 → #859)
  • Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1944 (#808 → #1,004)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #273 (38 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 96 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1943
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,224
  • Highest: 1 in 2,224 boys born in 2015 were named Porter (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,217 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #273 in 1880, was only 1 in 2,908 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.9% of all boys named Porter (7,258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s274#273 (1880)#337
1890s269#312 (1892)#357
1900s277#337 (1902)#416
1910s896#430 (1910)#508
1920s982#568 (1920)#644
1930s655#702 (1931)#765
1940s559#748 (1942)#892
1950s473#934 (1950)#1,088
1960s333#1,195 (1963)#1,370
1970s241#1,494 (1971)#2,015
1980s257#1,787 (1983)#2,183
1990s720#859 (1999)#1,570
2000s4,017#473 (2009)#601
2010s7,258#368 (2014)#416
2020s3,597#424 (2020)#508

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Porter in 1996

girls
#13,518
5 births · 1 in 350,601 girls
boys
#1,445
71 births · 1 in 26,680 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #13,518Porter5

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,445Porter71
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 350,601 of them was named Porter, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Porter
  1. #11,807Zorria6
  2. #11,807Zurisadai6
  3. #11,807Zuzanna6
  4. #13,518Porter5
  5. #13,518Aaleeyah5
  6. #13,518Abbiegail5
  7. #13,518Abigahil5

Tied with 2,376 names at #13,518; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 26,680 of them was named Porter, which outranked 86.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Porter
  1. #1,434Shimon72
  2. #1,434Taron72
  3. #1,434Yonatan72
  4. #1,445Porter71
  5. #1,445Blayne71
  6. #1,445Emory71
  7. #1,445Ernie71
  8. #1,454Archie70
  9. #1,454Babyboy70
  10. #1,454Davonta70

Tied with 8 names at #1,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1996 →