Girls' name · since 1979
Porshe
Porshe has 270 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,865 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Porshe is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 270 have been recorded since 1979.
Porshe has 270 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1997.
- #16,865 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 270 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Porshe ranks #16,865 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 270 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,865 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Porshe's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Porshe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Porshe splits its recorded history at 1989: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 42 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Porshe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1997
- Peak year (1990)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Porshe by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (140 births, 52% of the file).
1980s was Porshe's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Porshe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
140 births
- 1990s
1990s
124 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 140 births (52% of all-time use).
Porshe by state
Where Porshe concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 270 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Porshe's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (140 total births) through the 1990s (124) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Illinois records the most Porshes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Porshe: 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 (~18 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, 1979–1997 (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 Porshe 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.