Girls' name · since 1985
Porshea
63 babies named Porshea in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
63 girls have been named Porshea since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Porshea has been recorded 63 times among girls since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2002.
- #32,357 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 63 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Porshea ranks #32,357 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 63 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Porshea's 63 recorded births place it above 55.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Porshea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Porshea's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Porshea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2002
- Peak year (1990)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Porshea by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (35 births, 56% of the file).
1990s was Porshea's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Porshea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 35 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Porshea's decade-level peak was the 1990s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Porshea: 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 (~17 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, 1985–2002 (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 Porshea 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.