How Many People Are Named Portia?
people named Portia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 40,447 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,635 babies named Portia in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
267 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of Porcia, the feminine form of the Roman family name PORCIUS, used by William Shakespeare for the heroine of his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596). In the play Portia is a woman who disguises herself as a man in order to defend Antonio in court. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus, after the Shakespearian character.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Portia in English. Counting Portia and these spellings together, about 10,509 people alive in the US have the name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Portia (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Portia alive today is about 48 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Portia first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1989, to 267 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Portia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #589, in 1949. In 2025 it ranked #7,801.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,801 |
| Best rank | #589 (1949) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #877 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Portia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Portia were born in California than in any other state: about 667 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Portia was given 3.8 times as often in North Carolina, 2.8 times in Georgia and 2.6 times in Alabama.
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