Total births
73
Girls' name · since 2013
Portlyn
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 73 babies named Portlyn, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 73
- total births
- 2013–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
Portlyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 73 have been recorded since 2013.
Portlyn has 73 recorded births among girls since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- 73 total births
- 2013–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
73 girls have been named Portlyn since 2013, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 73
- total births
- 2013–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
51% of everyone ever named Portlyn was born in this single decade.
2018
Single peak year
9 babies were named Portlyn in 2018 - its busiest year on record.
Portlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Portlyn's full recorded timeline at 2020, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Portlyn at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2018
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2013
Portlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Portlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Portlyn's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Portlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 37 births (51% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Portlyn? ▼
Portlyn has been given to 73 babies in the U.S. since 2013, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 9 babies were born in 2018, its single highest year.
When was Portlyn most popular? ▼
Portlyn was most popular in the 2020s decade with 37 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Portlyn been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Portlyn since 2013 -- 13 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Portlyn? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Portia, Porsha, Porsche, Porscha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Portlyn
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Portlyn: Baby Name Since 2013 - 73 Births, Peak 2018." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/portlyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Portlyn 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 July 2026.