Porshay — girls' name
42 babies named Porshay in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
74% of everyone ever named Porshay was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Porshay in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Porshay
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Porshay between 1988 and 2000, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Porshay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Porshay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Porshay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Porshay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Porshay 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 42 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.
Porshay at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Porshay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1988
- Peak year (1992)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
42 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 14 births in a single year.
Porshay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 31 births that decade — 74% of Porshay's all-time total
Porshay decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Porshay's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
Porshay by state
Where Porshay concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 23.8% |
10 of 42 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 23.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 23.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1988–2000 (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.