Porchea — girls' name
116 babies named Porchea in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Porchea was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Porchea in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Porchea
The Social Security Administration has registered 116 babies named Porchea between 1983 and 1994, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Porchea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Porchea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Porchea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Porchea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Porchea 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 116 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.
Porchea at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Porchea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1983
- Peak year (1989)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
116 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 18 births in a single year.
Porchea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 62 births that decade — 53% of Porchea's all-time total
Porchea decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Porchea's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Porchea by state
Where Porchea concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 5.2% |
6 of 116 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1983–1994 (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.