Portia — #5952 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Portia

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,613 babies named Portia between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Portia currently holds the #5952 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 259 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Portia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,864 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Portia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 728 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Portia in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Portia 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 10,613 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.