Porter
Porter is ranked 615th among boys in 2024 (463 births). Its best rank was 275th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- #615down 114 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4630.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2015862 births
- Best rank
- #275in 1880
- Since 1880
- 21,198people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,274 boys have been named Porter in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 862 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 368 → 615).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 95 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 924 girls have also been given it, 4.4% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Porter | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 274 | |
| 1890s | 269 | |
| 1900s | 277 | |
| 1910s | 896 | |
| 1920s | 982 | |
| 1930s | 655 | |
| 1940s | 559 | |
| 1950s | 473 | |
| 1960s | 333 | |
| 1970s | 241 | |
| 1980s | 257 | |
| 1990s | 720 | |
| 2000s | 4,017 | |
| 2010s | 7,257 | |
| 2020s | 3,064 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Porter was the 377th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Porter
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Andersonpeak 2012
- Lucianpeak 2024
- Bishoppeak 2021
- Abrampeak 2016
- Ephraimpeak 2017
- Cyruspeak 2024
- Jasperpeak 2023
- Simonpeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.