Porter — #615 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Porter

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,274 babies named Porter between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Porter currently holds the #615 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 862 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Porter performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7,257 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Porter shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 1,866 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Porter in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Porter 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 20,274 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.