Porter
#2,564 for girls in 2025, 68 births · #560 for boys in 2025, 531 births
Given to boys 95.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 38 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,808since 1880
Porter over time
Rank among boys' names. Porter has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,564 | 68 | #560 | 531 |
| 2024 | #2,434 | 74 | #617 | 464 |
| 2023 | #2,494 | 71 | #499 | 605 |
| 2022 | #2,295 | 81 | #506 | 592 |
| 2021 | #2,608 | 66 | #443 | 698 |
| 2020 | #2,823 | 58 | #424 | 707 |
| 2019 | #2,962 | 55 | #478 | 613 |
| 2018 | #3,293 | 48 | #418 | 749 |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 | #398 | 802 |
| 2016 | #2,966 | 56 | #419 | 749 |
| 2015 | #2,927 | 59 | #375 | 862 |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 | #368 | 857 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | #383 | 778 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 | #430 | 644 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | #449 | 602 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #446 | 602 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #473 | 578 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #482 | 574 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #474 | 566 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #479 | 553 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | #575 | 405 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #628 | 336 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #646 | 314 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #687 | 265 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | #762 | 225 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #801 | 201 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #859 | 176 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #1,197 | 103 |
| 1997 | — | #1,378 | 80 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #1,445 | 71 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #1,477 | 65 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #1,454 | 66 |
| 1993 | — | #1,741 | 49 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,085 | 37 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,019 | 37 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,049 | 36 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,416 | 27 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,272 | 25 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,161 | 26 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,159 | 24 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,787 | 31 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,536 | 19 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,001 | 23 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,982 | 21 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,535 | 31 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,494 | 33 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,376 | 34 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,216 | 38 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,254 | 37 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,288 | 37 |
| 1963 | — | #1,195 | 42 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,322 | 36 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,253 | 38 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,130 | 46 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,032 | 53 | |
| 1955 | — | #957 | 61 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,137 | 43 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,102 | 44 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,013 | 50 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,017 | 48 | |
| 1950 | — | #934 | 54 | |
| 1949 | — | #872 | 62 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,037 | 46 | |
| 1947 | — | #906 | 59 | |
| 1946 | — | #911 | 53 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,006 | 40 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,004 | 42 | |
| 1943 | — | #808 | 66 | |
| 1942 | — | #748 | 73 | |
| 1941 | — | #839 | 57 | |
| 1940 | — | #792 | 61 | |
| 1939 | — | #805 | 57 | |
| 1938 | — | #730 | 70 | |
| 1937 | — | #757 | 65 | |
| 1936 | — | #807 | 58 | |
| 1935 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1934 | — | #808 | 59 | |
| 1933 | — | #733 | 69 | |
| 1932 | — | #722 | 74 | |
| 1931 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1930 | — | #704 | 78 | |
| 1929 | — | #668 | 84 | |
| 1928 | — | #598 | 107 | |
| 1927 | — | #722 | 81 | |
| 1926 | — | #731 | 76 | |
| 1925 | — | #621 | 102 | |
| 1924 | — | #626 | 104 | |
| 1923 | — | #687 | 88 | |
| 1922 | — | #642 | 101 | |
| 1921 | — | #580 | 119 | |
| 1920 | — | #568 | 120 | |
| 1919 | — | #559 | 114 | |
| 1918 | — | #564 | 115 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #566 | 108 |
| 1916 | — | #498 | 131 | |
| 1915 | — | #555 | 103 | |
| 1914 | — | #497 | 97 | |
| 1913 | — | #498 | 76 | |
| 1912 | — | #474 | 68 | |
| 1911 | — | #441 | 44 | |
| 1910 | — | #430 | 40 | |
| 1909 | — | #505 | 26 | |
| 1908 | — | #429 | 31 | |
| 1907 | — | #429 | 29 | |
| 1906 | — | #456 | 24 | |
| 1905 | — | #346 | 35 | |
| 1904 | — | #401 | 27 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #337 | 33 | |
| 1901 | — | #371 | 25 | |
| 1900 | — | #455 | 25 | |
| 1899 | — | #362 | 25 | |
| 1898 | — | #329 | 34 | |
| 1897 | — | #360 | 27 | |
| 1896 | — | #380 | 26 | |
| 1895 | — | #383 | 25 | |
| 1894 | — | #358 | 26 | |
| 1893 | — | #359 | 25 | |
| 1892 | — | #312 | 35 | |
| 1891 | — | #386 | 20 | |
| 1890 | — | #345 | 26 | |
| 1889 | — | #405 | 20 | |
| 1888 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #348 | 24 | |
| 1885 | — | #277 | 36 | |
| 1884 | — | #375 | 22 | |
| 1883 | — | #346 | 23 | |
| 1882 | — | #324 | 28 | |
| 1881 | — | #276 | 32 | |
| 1880 | — | #273 | 38 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #273 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1943
- 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
- 34.9% of all boys named Porter (7,258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 274 | #273 (1880) | #337 |
| 1890s | 269 | #312 (1892) | #357 |
| 1900s | 277 | #337 (1902) | #416 |
| 1910s | 896 | #430 (1910) | #508 |
| 1920s | 982 | #568 (1920) | #644 |
| 1930s | 655 | #702 (1931) | #765 |
| 1940s | 559 | #748 (1942) | #892 |
| 1950s | 473 | #934 (1950) | #1,088 |
| 1960s | 333 | #1,195 (1963) | #1,370 |
| 1970s | 241 | #1,494 (1971) | #2,015 |
| 1980s | 257 | #1,787 (1983) | #2,183 |
| 1990s | 720 | #859 (1999) | #1,570 |
| 2000s | 4,017 | #473 (2009) | #601 |
| 2010s | 7,258 | #368 (2014) | #416 |
| 2020s | 3,597 | #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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 295,637 of them was named Porter, which outranked 25.1% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,385Zosia7
- #11,385Zujey7
- #11,385Zuzanna7
- #12,688Porter6
- #12,688Aalia6
- #12,688Aaliyan6
- #12,688Aaniya6
- #14,411Aalijah5
- #14,411Aania5
- #14,411Aanya5
Tied with 1,722 names at #12,688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 10,910 of them was named Porter, which outranked 92.6% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).