How rare is the name Porter?

13,714 people in the United States have the first name Porter, about 1 in 22,024. It ranks #2,001 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

PORTER

#2,001

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,714
About
1 in 22,024
This common or more
78.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,714 people named Porter, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as two or more races and 4.7% as Black. 95.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Porter peaked in 2015, when 921 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
921
In 2025*
599 ▼35%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 21,801 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Porter by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #710. The largest share of babies named Porter, 44.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#710274
1890s#910269
1900s#1,081277
1910s#1,140903
1920s#1,346982
1930s#1,562655
1940s#1,929559
1950s#2,472473
1960s#3,253339
1970s#4,730241
1980s#5,414257
1990s#3,231751
2000s#1,2314,139
2010s#8017,667
2020s#9284,015
Before 19012.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.9%
Silent Generation 1928–455.4%
Baby boom 1946–644%
Generation X 1965–801.9%
Millennials 1981–962.8%
Generation Z 1997–1229.5%
2013 and later44.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Porter is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Porter has been most common in Utah (14×), Idaho (7.4×), and Arizona (2.5×), and least common in New Jersey (0.07×).

16,226 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Porter

1 other first name also has 13,714 people.

#2,001 Annamarie · 13,714

Either side of Porter

#2,000 Tuan · 13,719#2,001 Annamarie · 13,714#2,003 Kaitlynn · 13,693#2,004 Casandra · 13,691

Also a last name

As a last name, Porter ranks #165 of 156,621, with 156,720 people. See Porter as a last name

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