Porfiria — girls' name

What the Data Says About Porfiria

The Social Security Administration has registered 235 babies named Porfiria between 1917 and 1982, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Porfiria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Porfiria performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Porfiria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 119 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Porfiria in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Porfiria 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 235 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.