Boys' name · peaked in 2015
Porter name popularity since 1925
19,546 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Porter (5.0% girls, 95.0% boys). Half of them were born in 2012 or earlier, so the typical Porter is about 14 years old in 2026. Porter peaked in 2015 as the #377 name for boys, and it ranked #560 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,546
- Named Porter, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #560
- for boys in 2025 (531 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 95.0% boys
- 986 girls · 18,560 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 14.34× its national share
Peak year is the year Porter made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Porter births per year, 1925–2025
2015 was the biggest year for Porter both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1998 and 2003, Porter became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 18,600 baby boys to 1 in 6,290.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Porter's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Porter.
Decade by decade
Babies named Porter in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 450 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 655 | #891 |
| 1940s | 0 | 559 | #1,014 |
| 1950s | 0 | 473 | #964 |
| 1960s | 6 | 333 | #1,266 |
| 1970s | 0 | 241 | #2,048 |
| 1980s | 0 | 257 | #1,907 |
| 1990s | 31 | 720 | #1,488 |
| 2000s | 122 | 4,017 | #576 |
| 2010s | 409 | 7,258 | #377 |
| 2020–25 | 418 | 3,597 | #560 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.9% of babies named Porter from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Porter is most popular
The index compares Porter's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Porter.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 14.34× | 1,894 |
| Idaho | 7.81× | 482 |
| Arizona | 2.53× | 509 |
| Colorado | 2.47× | 473 |
| Oregon | 2.41× | 351 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Porter's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Porter.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Porter (2015).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data