Porscha — girls' name
1,457 babies named Porscha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Porscha was born in this single decade.
134 babies were named Porscha in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Porscha
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,457 babies named Porscha between 1974 and 2018, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Porscha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 134 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Porscha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 691 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Porscha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 138 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Porscha in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Porscha 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 1,457 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.
Porscha at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Porscha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1974
- Peak year (1989)
- 134
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
1,457 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 134 births in a single year.
Porscha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 691 births that decade — 47% of Porscha's all-time total
Porscha decade highlights
- Peak decade 691 births
- Runner-up 523 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Porscha's strongest decade
691 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Porscha by state
Where Porscha concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 138 | 9.5% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 82 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 79 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 70 | 4.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 47 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 43 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 29 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 26 | 1.8% |
138 of 1,457 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.6% of nationwide
- Texas 5.4% of nationwide
- Florida 4.8% of nationwide
- New York 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Porscha appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1974–2018 (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.