Porcha — girls' name
865 babies named Porcha in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Porcha was born in this single decade.
88 babies were named Porcha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Porcha
The Social Security Administration has registered 865 babies named Porcha between 1977 and 2006, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Porcha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 88 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Porcha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 413 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Porcha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Porcha in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Porcha 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 865 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.
Porcha at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Porcha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1977
- Peak year (1990)
- 88
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
865 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 88 births in a single year.
Porcha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 413 births that decade — 48% of Porcha's all-time total
Porcha decade highlights
- Peak decade 413 births
- Runner-up 387 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Porcha's strongest decade
413 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Porcha by state
Where Porcha concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 74 | 8.6% |
| #2 | California | | 62 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 41 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 29 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 22 | 2.5% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 14 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 11 | 1.3% |
74 of 865 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 8.6% of nationwide
- California 7.2% of nationwide
- Texas 4.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.4% of nationwide
- Florida 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Porcha appears in 13 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, 1977–2006 (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.