Unisex name · since 1958
Portland
Portland has 172 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,387 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,106 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Portland currently ranks #11106 among unisex names in America, with 172 babies recorded since 1958.
Portland has 172 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11106 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2025.
- #21,387 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,106 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 172 born since 1958
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Portland ranks #21,387 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,106 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 172 born since 1958, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,387 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,106 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Portland's 172 recorded births place it above 70.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Portland compares
172 34th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Portland's all-time total is 54% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Portland | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 172 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Portland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Portland splits its recorded history at 2015: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1964 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Portland popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (1964)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Portland popularity over time - boys
93 total births recorded since 2002 (Portland as boys' name)
Portland by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (67 births, 39% of the file).
1960s was Portland's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Portland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 67 births (39% of all-time use).
Portland by state
Where Portland concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 172 births nationwide.
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What to do with Portland's data
- Portland's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 2020s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Portlands (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Portland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1958–2025 (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 Portland 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.