How Many People Are Named Porter?
people named Porter are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 19,190 people in the US has this name
Based on 21,801 babies named Porter in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
921 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an occupational English surname meaning "doorkeeper", ultimately from Old French porte "door", from Latin porta.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Porter, 5.5% were girls and 94.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Porter rose from 0% in the 1880s to 10.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Porter alive today is about 16 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Porter first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2015, to 921 babies. In 2025, 599 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Porter has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #275, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #560.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #560 |
| Best rank | #275 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #412 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Porter alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Porter were born in Utah than in any other state: about 1,870 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Porter was given 9.8 times as often in Utah, 6.1 times in Idaho and 2.3 times in Montana.
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