Porshia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Porshia

The Social Security Administration has registered 608 babies named Porshia between 1974 and 2007, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Porshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Porshia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 281 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Porshia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Porshia in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Porshia 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 608 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.