Porfirio
Porfirio was given to 7 boys in 2025, #10,420 among boys’ names; 3,526 Americans have been recorded with it since 1903 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,200 Americans named Porfirio and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 29 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Porfirio by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Porfirio mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Porfirio is “a male given name, equivalent to English Porphyry”
From Latin Porphyrius, from Ancient Greek Πορφύριος (Porphúrios).
/poɾˈfiɾjo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Porfirio?
#10,420 among boys’ names, 2025
Porfirio fell from #6,590 in 2015 to #10,420 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 6.8 to 4.1 per million.
56 babies in 1921, the peak
Porfirio peaked in 1921, when 56 boys were given it, #948 among boys’ names. The 7 births of 2025 are 13% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #10,420 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,811 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,753 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,806 | 9.2 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,662 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,559 | 5.2 |
| 2019 | 12 | #7,069 | 6.7 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,481 | 9.4 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,996 | 8.1 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,488 | 9.0 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #6,590 | 6.8 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,417 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 14 | #6,160 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,994 | 10.0 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,604 | 8.4 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,960 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,484 | 8.6 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,500 | 10.8 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,463 | 10.6 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,330 | 10.7 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,503 | 14.0 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,966 | 11.6 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,596 | 12.7 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,318 | 13.9 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,383 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,411 | 20.4 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,343 | 12.5 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,226 | 21.5 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,294 | 19.6 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,364 | 17.9 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,160 | 20.0 |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,882 | 23.3 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,326 | 16.8 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,200 | 17.5 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,331 | 15.3 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,827 | 20.9 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,274 | 15.0 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,566 | 24.6 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,378 | 12.9 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,748 | 19.5 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,660 | 20.6 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,497 | 23.3 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,580 | 21.2 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,641 | 20.4 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,624 | 20.7 |
| 1980 | 40 | #1,537 | 22.4 |
| 1979 | 47 | #1,365 | 27.3 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,591 | 21.9 |
| 1977 | 46 | #1,353 | 28.0 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,281 | 30.6 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,495 | 23.1 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,683 | 18.4 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,392 | 23.7 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,281 | 26.5 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,268 | 24.9 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,569 | 16.1 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,556 | 15.7 |
| 1968 | 30 | #1,448 | 17.3 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,269 | 20.6 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,124 | 24.7 |
| 1965 | 24 | #1,616 | 12.9 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,424 | 15.6 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,295 | 18.2 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,256 | 18.9 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,316 | 17.4 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,315 | 17.4 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,192 | 20.1 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,335 | 16.0 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,476 | 13.4 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,136 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,210 | 18.9 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,617 | 11.3 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,498 | 13.2 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,312 | 17.0 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,236 | 19.1 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,284 | 17.9 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,316 | 17.5 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,030 | 26.8 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,047 | 26.2 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,190 | 21.6 |
| 1945 | 41 | #1,004 | 30.5 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,185 | 23.5 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,566 | 14.7 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,159 | 26.1 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,035 | 32.6 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,272 | 25.0 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,317 | 23.5 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,303 | 24.3 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,177 | 30.0 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,496 | 20.2 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,290 | 26.9 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,146 | 32.9 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,491 | 22.2 |
| 1932 | 50 | #921 | 47.9 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,125 | 35.6 |
| 1930 | 47 | #1,001 | 42.8 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,052 | 40.0 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,017 | 42.4 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,173 | 33.7 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,086 | 38.7 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,066 | 38.5 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,283 | 29.1 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,412 | 25.5 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,303 | 29.4 |
| 1921 | 56 | #948 | 50.8 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,030 | 43.2 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,343 | 29.6 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,582 | 22.7 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,356 | 29.2 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,828 | 19.1 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,772 | 10.6 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,667 | 22.9 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,303 | 33.2 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,220 | 16.3 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,285 | 41.2 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,381 | 37.8 |
| 1903 | 7 | #993 | 58.7 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Porfirio a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Porfirio has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 117 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Porfirio: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Porfirio, and how old are they?
2,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 3,526 Americans ever recorded as Porfirio. The median Porfirio alive today is 45 years old; half are between 29 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 7,300 people named Porfirio (31 women and girls, 7,269 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,337 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 111 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 449 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 530 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 558 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 397 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 157 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Porfirio born?
The states with the most babies named Porfirio are Texas, California and New Mexico, with 97% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Mexico is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,493 | not ranked | 6.1× |
| California | 707 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| New Mexico | 64 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| New York | 52 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Arizona | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Porfirio is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Porfirio is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 6.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Porfirio with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Porfirio
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1900-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Florentino | 3,105 | |
| Candelario | 2,319 | |
| Modesto | 2,559 | |
| Eusebio | 3,077 | |
| Cipriano | 2,226 | |
| Ruperto | 1,022 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Porfirio and names like it
- Compare Porfirio and FlorentinoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sPorfirio peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Porfirio since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Porfirio: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Porfirio.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Porfirio alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with PMost given first.