Girls' name · since 1976
Laportia
Laportia has 219 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,884 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 219
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Laportia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 219 recorded since 1976.
Laportia has 219 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1996.
- #18,884 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 219 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laportia ranks #18,884 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 219 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,884 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 219
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Laportia's 219 recorded births place it above 73.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Laportia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laportia's full recorded timeline at 1988, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laportia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1996
- Peak year (1988)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Laportia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (119 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Laportia's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Laportia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
119 births
- 1990s
1990s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 119 births (54% of all-time use).
Laportia by state
Where Laportia concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
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- Laportia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (119 total births) through the 1990s (90) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Laportias (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laportia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Laportia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.