Girls' name · since 1983
Porchea
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.
- #25,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Porchea is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 116 have been recorded since 1983.
Porchea has 116 recorded births among girls since 1983, 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 1983 to 1994.
- #25,557 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 116 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Porchea ranks #25,557 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 116 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Porchea's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Porchea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Porchea's full recorded timeline at 1990, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Porchea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1994
- Peak year (1989)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Porchea by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (62 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Porchea's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Porchea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 62 births (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.
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What to do with Porchea's data
- Porchea's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 1990s (54) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Porcheas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Porchea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1983–1994 (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 Porchea 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.