Laporsha — girls' name
731 babies named Laporsha in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Laporsha was born in this single decade.
85 babies were named Laporsha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laporsha
The Social Security Administration has registered 731 babies named Laporsha between 1978 and 2003, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laporsha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 85 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laporsha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 406 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Laporsha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 83 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Laporsha in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laporsha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 731 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Laporsha at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laporsha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1978
- Peak year (1990)
- 85
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
731 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 85 births in a single year.
Laporsha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 406 births that decade — 56% of Laporsha's all-time total
Laporsha decade highlights
- Peak decade 406 births
- Runner-up 284 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Laporsha's strongest decade
406 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Laporsha by state
Where Laporsha concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 83 | 11.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 57 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 44 | 6.0% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 30 | 4.1% |
| #5 | California | | 28 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 27 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 19 | 2.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 18 | 2.5% |
83 of 731 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.4% of nationwide
- Florida 7.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 6.0% of nationwide
- South Carolina 4.1% of nationwide
- California 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Laporsha appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.