Girls' name · since 1974
Porshia
608 babies named Porshia 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.
- #10,464 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 608
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Porshia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 608 recorded since 1974.
Porshia has 608 recorded births among girls since 1974, 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 1974 to 2007.
- #10,464 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 608 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Porshia ranks #10,464 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 608 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,464 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 608
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Porshia's 608 recorded births place it above 85.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
Porshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Porshia's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 62, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Porshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2007
- Peak year (1989)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Porshia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (281 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Porshia's strongest decade.
281 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Porshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 36
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
281 births
- 1990s
1990s
266 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 281 births (46% of all-time use).
How Porshia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Porshia's total volume
Porshia by state
Where Porshia concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 24 | 3.9% |
| #2 | California | | 17 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 12 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 7 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 6 | 1.0% |
24 of 608 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Porshia appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Porshia's data
- Porshia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (281 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Porshias (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
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 Porshia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1974–2007 (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 Porshia 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.