How rare is the name Portia?

8,540 people in the United States have the first name Portia, about 1 in 35,367. It ranks #2,743 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PORTIA

#2,743

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,540
About
1 in 35,367
This common or more
80.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,540 people named Portia, 56% reported their origin as Black, 30.6% as White and 5.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Portia peaked in 1989, when 267 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
267
In 2025*
14 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,635 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.

Portia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,195. The largest share of babies named Portia, 27.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#2,33518
1890s#2,15152
1900s#1,886105
1910s#2,163283
1920s#2,338373
1930s#2,597272
1940s#1,1951,327
1950s#1,3471,545
1960s#1,5581,324
1970s#1,8981,056
1980s#1,5001,872
1990s#2,4091,190
2000s#4,246712
2010s#6,355421
2020s#12,95185
Before 19010.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.3%
Silent Generation 1928–459.3%
Baby boom 1946–6427.6%
Generation X 1965–8016.9%
Millennials 1981–9625.8%
Generation Z 1997–1210.1%
2013 and later3.2%

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 Portia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Portia has been most common in North Carolina (3.5×), Georgia (2.5×), and Alabama (2.5×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.37×).

6,153 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.

Either side of Portia

#2,741 Johnna · 8,555#2,742 Melodie · 8,549#2,744 Adalberto · 8,539#2,745 Ronaldo · 8,530

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