Portia
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1949 · 199 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,627since 1882
Portia over time
Rank among girls' names. Portia has never cracked the top 500 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 | #7,491 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,137 | 52 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,005 | 55 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,169 | 52 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,695 | 65 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,159 | 52 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,189 | 52 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,584 | 45 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,978 | 57 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,553 | 67 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,370 | 72 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,321 | 72 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,004 | 87 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,777 | 100 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,817 | 95 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,153 | 70 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,731 | 49 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,045 | 69 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,994 | 70 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,776 | 81 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,487 | 106 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,180 | 147 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,076 | 168 | — | |
| 1991 | #962 | 196 | — | |
| 1990 | #841 | 234 | — | |
| 1989 | #757 | 259 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #734 | 255 | — | |
| 1987 | #762 | 236 | — | |
| 1986 | #746 | 234 | — | |
| 1985 | #925 | 171 | — | |
| 1984 | #890 | 168 | — | |
| 1983 | #959 | 152 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,107 | 127 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,079 | 130 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,068 | 132 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,161 | 114 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,104 | 118 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,247 | 96 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,355 | 79 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,381 | 76 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,169 | 96 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,001 | 118 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,006 | 117 | — | |
| 1971 | #984 | 128 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,069 | 114 | — | |
| 1969 | #990 | 119 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,196 | 82 | — | |
| 1967 | #902 | 129 | — | |
| 1966 | #913 | 122 | — | |
| 1965 | #803 | 152 | — | |
| 1964 | #920 | 129 | — | |
| 1963 | #865 | 146 | — | |
| 1962 | #904 | 136 | — | |
| 1961 | #819 | 165 | — | |
| 1960 | #862 | 144 | — | |
| 1959 | #982 | 116 | — | |
| 1958 | #906 | 128 | — | |
| 1957 | #827 | 150 | — | |
| 1956 | #861 | 134 | — | |
| 1955 | #727 | 170 | — | |
| 1954 | #709 | 169 | — | |
| 1953 | #749 | 148 | — | |
| 1952 | #741 | 143 | — | |
| 1951 | #612 | 197 | — | |
| 1950 | #606 | 190 | — | |
| 1949 | #587 | 199 | — | |
| 1948 | #639 | 169 | — | |
| 1947 | #687 | 150 | — | |
| 1946 | #632 | 155 | — | |
| 1945 | #696 | 115 | — | |
| 1944 | #747 | 104 | — | |
| 1943 | #603 | 156 | — | |
| 1942 | #628 | 143 | — | |
| 1941 | #756 | 89 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,046 | 47 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,355 | 29 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,232 | 37 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,257 | 35 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,366 | 32 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,115 | 46 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 45 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,270 | 36 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,102 | 44 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,183 | 37 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,246 | 33 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,173 | 34 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,175 | 27 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Portia! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Portia is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#429 · 1 in 4,059
- Indiana#555 · 1 in 7,152
- Georgia#570 · 1 in 6,393
- Florida#665 · 1 in 8,134
- North Carolina#671 · 1 in 9,816
Best ever in a state: #139 in District of Columbia, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #429 | 10 | 1 in 4,059 |
| Indiana | #555 | 7 | 1 in 7,152 |
| Georgia | #570 | 7 | 1 in 6,393 |
| Florida | #665 | 6 | 1 in 8,134 |
| North Carolina | #671 | 5 | 1 in 9,816 |
| Ohio | #787 | 7 | 1 in 15,130 |
| Pennsylvania | #819 | 6 | 1 in 19,060 |
| Illinois | #874 | 7 | 1 in 15,483 |
| California | #1,064 | 9 | 1 in 18,483 |
| New York | #1,180 | 6 | 1 in 28,064 |
| Texas | #1,272 | 5 | 1 in 22,755 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Portia
- 1,529 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #7,491)
- 1,824 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #7,491)
- 3,841 spots since 2015 (#3,650 → #7,491)
- Biggest jump: 476 spots in 1900 (#1,181 → #705)
- Biggest drop: 634 spots in 1901 (#705 → #1,339)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1949 at #587 (199 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1941–1967
- Highest: 1 in 6,984 girls born in 1988 were named Portia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #587 in 1949, was only 1 in 8,597 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.5% of all girls named Portia (1,864) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #908 (1882) | #946 |
| 1890s | 52 | #999 (1896) | #1,148 |
| 1900s | 105 | #705 (1900) | #1,281 |
| 1910s | 283 | #1,102 (1918) | #1,185 |
| 1920s | 373 | #1,115 (1926) | #1,290 |
| 1930s | 272 | #1,232 (1930) | #1,455 |
| 1940s | 1,327 | #587 (1949) | #702 |
| 1950s | 1,545 | #606 (1950) | #772 |
| 1960s | 1,324 | #803 (1965) | #917 |
| 1970s | 1,056 | #984 (1971) | #1,148 |
| 1980s | 1,864 | #734 (1988) | #903 |
| 1990s | 1,190 | #841 (1990) | #1,625 |
| 2000s | 712 | #1,777 (2001) | #2,538 |
| 2010s | 421 | #2,695 (2011) | #3,929 |
| 2020s | 85 | #5,667 (2020) | #8,301 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Portia in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 17,444 of them was named Portia, which outranked 86.4% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #978Germaine117
- #978Laurene117
- #978Merrie117
- #982Portia116
- #982Alyce116
- #982Deedee116
- #982Jacki116
- #988Marty115
- #988Shirlene115
- #988Starr115
Tied with 5 names at #982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.