Girls' name · since 1968
Porcia
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 167 babies named Porcia, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,680 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 167
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Porcia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 167 recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Porcia has been recorded 167 times among girls since 1968, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1996.
- #21,680 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 167 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Porcia ranks #21,680 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 167 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,680 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 167
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Porcia's 167 recorded births place it above 70% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Porcia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Porcia splits its recorded history at 1986: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Porcia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1996
- Peak year (1990)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Porcia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (84 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Porcia's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Porcia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
84 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 84 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Porcia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 1990s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Porcia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1968–1996 (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 Porcia 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.