Pota — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pota

The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Pota between 1918 and 1971, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pota currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pota performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pota shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pota in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pota 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 33 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.