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Porter: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 531 in 2025. Its best rank was #275 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #275 in 1880; #560 in 2025. About 89% of babies named Porter in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#560 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #275.
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Porter: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 531 boys in 2025. Peak: #275 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 862 (2015).
In 2025, 531 US boys were named Porter, making it the 560th most common boys’ name of the year, up 58 places from #618 in 2024. That is 67 more than the 464 boys named Porter in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #275, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 862, in 2015. For comparison, it was #377 in 2015 and #944 in 1950.
In 2025, 68 US girls were named Porter, making it the 2,578th most common girls’ name of the year, down 124 places from #2,454 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 74 girls named Porter in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,312, reached in 2022. That year also had the most girls given the name: 81. For comparison, it was #2,960 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Porter in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 38 babies with the name. In all, 21,801 US babies have been given the name, 4.6% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 7,667 babies named Porter.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,510 US boys were named Porter; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 802. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,217 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Porter ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #197 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 18 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 28 | #197 | #76 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #215 | #210 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #219 | #127 |
| Montana | 5 | #274 | #156 |
| Tennessee | 32 | #281 | #358 |
| Minnesota | 22 | #285 | #234 |
| Wisconsin | 19 | #305 | #232 |
| Idaho | 8 | #324 | #84 |
| Kansas | 11 | #346 | #203 |
| Missouri | 18 | #363 | #337 |
| South Carolina | 14 | #380 | #230 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #399 | #424 |
| Ohio | 27 | #407 | #410 |
| Alabama | 13 | #416 | #339 |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #417 | #508 |
| Michigan | 20 | #436 | #353 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #454 | #462 |
| Indiana | 15 | #477 | #321 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #479 | #326 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #488 | #214 |
| Washington | 14 | #523 | #315 |
| Georgia | 19 | #560 | #356 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #578 | #357 |
| North Carolina | 17 | #584 | #322 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #605 | #468 |
| Colorado | 9 | #610 | #273 |
| Arizona | 11 | #617 | #291 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #651 | #373 |
| Virginia | 11 | #657 | #423 |
| Texas | 46 | #658 | #565 |
| Florida | 22 | #721 | #619 |
| Illinois | 10 | #854 | #593 |
| California | 25 | #927 | #644 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,578 | 531 | #560 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,454 | 464 | #618 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,511 | 605 | #500 |
| 2022 | 81 | #2,312 | 592 | #506 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,634 | 698 | #443 |
| 2020 | 58 | #2,846 | 707 | #424 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,987 | 613 | #478 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,334 | 749 | #419 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,427 | 802 | #399 |
| 2016 | 56 | #3,004 | 749 | #419 |
| 2015 | 59 | #2,960 | 862 | #377 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,831 | 857 | #368 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,995 | 778 | #384 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,463 | 644 | #430 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,170 | 602 | #450 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,433 | 602 | #447 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,779 | 578 | #474 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,752 | 574 | #483 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,417 | 566 | #474 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,764 | 553 | #479 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,818 | 405 | #576 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,462 | 336 | #631 |
| 2003 | 6 | #15,288 | 314 | #646 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,332 | 265 | #687 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,894 | 225 | #765 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,812 | 201 | #803 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,982 | 176 | #862 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,694 | 103 | #1,201 |
| 1997 | — | — | 80 | #1,383 |
| 1996 | 5 | #15,231 | 71 | #1,453 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,440 | 65 | #1,488 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,441 | 66 | #1,465 |
| 1993 | — | — | 49 | #1,762 |
| 1992 | — | — | 37 | #2,119 |
| 1991 | — | — | 37 | #2,041 |
| 1990 | — | — | 36 | #2,074 |
| 1989 | — | — | 27 | #2,454 |
| 1988 | — | — | 25 | #2,419 |
| 1987 | — | — | 25 | #2,316 |
| 1986 | — | — | 26 | #2,209 |
| 1985 | — | — | 31 | #1,907 |
| 1984 | — | — | 24 | #2,219 |
| 1983 | — | — | 31 | #1,805 |
| 1982 | — | — | 27 | #2,045 |
| 1981 | — | — | 22 | #2,316 |
| 1980 | — | — | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1979 | — | — | 15 | #2,987 |
| 1978 | — | — | 19 | #2,454 |
| 1977 | — | — | 32 | #1,698 |
| 1976 | — | — | 16 | #2,679 |
| 1975 | — | — | 23 | #2,048 |
| 1974 | — | — | 21 | #2,099 |
| 1973 | — | — | 21 | #2,018 |
| 1972 | — | — | 31 | #1,555 |
| 1971 | — | — | 33 | #1,517 |
| 1970 | — | — | 30 | #1,571 |
| 1969 | — | — | 34 | #1,392 |
| 1968 | — | — | 31 | #1,418 |
| 1967 | — | — | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1966 | — | — | 38 | #1,231 |
| 1965 | — | — | 37 | #1,266 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,570 | 37 | #1,307 |
| 1963 | — | — | 42 | #1,211 |
| 1962 | — | — | 27 | #1,536 |
| 1961 | — | — | 36 | #1,345 |
| 1960 | — | — | 29 | #1,516 |
| 1959 | — | — | 36 | #1,315 |
| 1958 | — | — | 38 | #1,261 |
| 1957 | — | — | 46 | #1,147 |
| 1956 | — | — | 53 | #1,040 |
| 1955 | — | — | 61 | #964 |
| 1954 | — | — | 43 | #1,147 |
| 1953 | — | — | 44 | #1,117 |
| 1952 | — | — | 50 | #1,020 |
| 1951 | — | — | 48 | #1,035 |
| 1950 | — | — | 54 | #944 |
| 1949 | — | — | 62 | #877 |
| 1948 | — | — | 46 | #1,043 |
| 1947 | — | — | 59 | #913 |
| 1946 | — | — | 53 | #920 |
| 1945 | — | — | 40 | #1,014 |
| 1944 | — | — | 42 | #1,015 |
| 1943 | — | — | 66 | #813 |
| 1942 | — | — | 73 | #752 |
| 1941 | — | — | 57 | #844 |
| 1940 | — | — | 61 | #798 |
| 1939 | — | — | 57 | #809 |
| 1938 | — | — | 70 | #735 |
| 1937 | — | — | 65 | #763 |
| 1936 | — | — | 58 | #809 |
| 1935 | — | — | 51 | #891 |
| 1934 | — | — | 59 | #819 |
| 1933 | — | — | 69 | #738 |
| 1932 | — | — | 74 | #725 |
| 1931 | — | — | 74 | #708 |
| 1930 | — | — | 78 | #707 |
| 1929 | — | — | 84 | #672 |
| 1928 | — | — | 107 | #599 |
| 1927 | — | — | 81 | #723 |
| 1926 | — | — | 76 | #735 |
| 1925 | — | — | 102 | #625 |
| 1924 | — | — | 104 | #632 |
| 1923 | — | — | 88 | #691 |
| 1922 | — | — | 101 | #645 |
| 1921 | — | — | 119 | #582 |
| 1920 | — | — | 120 | #571 |
| 1919 | — | — | 114 | #561 |
| 1918 | — | — | 115 | #566 |
| 1917 | 7 | #4,015 | 108 | #569 |
| 1916 | — | — | 131 | #498 |
| 1915 | — | — | 103 | #556 |
| 1914 | — | — | 97 | #499 |
| 1913 | — | — | 76 | #500 |
| 1912 | — | — | 68 | #479 |
| 1911 | — | — | 44 | #443 |
| 1910 | — | — | 40 | #437 |
| 1909 | — | — | 26 | #515 |
| 1908 | — | — | 31 | #436 |
| 1907 | — | — | 29 | #434 |
| 1906 | — | — | 24 | #462 |
| 1905 | — | — | 35 | #354 |
| 1904 | — | — | 27 | #406 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #445 |
| 1902 | — | — | 33 | #346 |
| 1901 | — | — | 25 | #377 |
| 1900 | — | — | 25 | #465 |
| 1899 | — | — | 25 | #372 |
| 1898 | — | — | 34 | #333 |
| 1897 | — | — | 27 | #365 |
| 1896 | — | — | 26 | #384 |
| 1895 | — | — | 25 | #388 |
| 1894 | — | — | 26 | #363 |
| 1893 | — | — | 25 | #365 |
| 1892 | — | — | 35 | #316 |
| 1891 | — | — | 20 | #393 |
| 1890 | — | — | 26 | #349 |
| 1889 | — | — | 20 | #414 |
| 1888 | — | — | 37 | #295 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #479 |
| 1886 | — | — | 24 | #356 |
| 1885 | — | — | 36 | #281 |
| 1884 | — | — | 22 | #383 |
| 1883 | — | — | 23 | #354 |
| 1882 | — | — | 28 | #329 |
| 1881 | — | — | 32 | #284 |
| 1880 | — | — | 38 | #275 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).