Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Porter

#791 most common boys' name of all time · #1,790 across all names · 95% boys / 5% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#791
Rank overall
#1,790 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
21,801
Since 2016
7,133
Peak year
2015 #375
Best rank
#275 1880
📖The word “porter” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 921/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Porter is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 68 531 599 #560
2024 74 464 538 #617
2023 71 605 676 #500
2022 81 592 673 #506
2021 66 698 764 #443
2020 58 707 765 #424
2019 55 613 668 #478
2018 48 749 797 #418
2017 46 802 848 #398
2016 56 749 805 #419
2015 59 862 921 #375
2014 40 857 897 #368
2013 28 778 806 #383
2012 33 644 677 #430
2011 27 602 629 #449
2010 17 602 619 #446
2009 14 578 592 #473
2008 20 574 594 #482
2007 13 566 579 #474
2006 12 553 565 #479
2005 15 405 420 #575
2004 8 336 344 #628
2003 6 314 320 #646
2002 11 265 276 #687
2001 16 225 241 #763
2000 7 201 208 #802
1999 6 176 182 #860
1998 6 103 109 #1,198
1997 — 80 80 #1,379
1996 5 71 76 #1,446
1995 7 65 72 #1,478
1994 7 66 73 #1,454
1993 — 49 49 #1,741
1992 — 37 37 #2,085
1991 — 37 37 #2,020
1990 — 36 36 #2,049
1989 — 27 27 #2,418
1988 — 25 25 #2,372
1987 — 25 25 #2,274
1986 — 26 26 #2,163
1985 — 31 31 #1,868
1984 — 24 24 #2,160
1983 — 31 31 #1,788
1982 — 27 27 #2,004
1981 — 22 22 #2,270
1980 — 19 19 #2,541
1979 — 15 15 #2,903
1978 — 19 19 #2,377
1977 — 32 32 #1,672
1976 — 16 16 #2,608
1975 — 23 23 #2,003
1974 — 21 21 #2,052
1973 — 21 21 #1,983
1972 — 31 31 #1,536
1971 — 33 33 #1,498
1970 — 30 30 #1,546
1969 — 34 34 #1,377
1968 — 31 31 #1,396
1967 — 22 22 #1,653
1966 — 38 38 #1,216
1965 — 37 37 #1,254
1964 6 37 43 #1,289
1963 — 42 42 #1,196
1962 — 27 27 #1,516
1961 — 36 36 #1,323
1960 — 29 29 #1,489
1959 — 36 36 #1,304
1958 — 38 38 #1,253
1957 — 46 46 #1,132
1956 — 53 53 #1,032
1955 — 61 61 #957
1954 — 43 43 #1,138
1953 — 44 44 #1,102
1952 — 50 50 #1,014
1951 — 48 48 #1,019
1950 — 54 54 #936
1949 — 62 62 #873
1948 — 46 46 #1,038
1947 — 59 59 #907
1946 — 53 53 #913
1945 — 40 40 #1,006
1944 — 42 42 #1,005
1943 — 66 66 #809
1942 — 73 73 #749
1941 — 57 57 #839
1940 — 61 61 #793
1939 — 57 57 #806
1938 — 70 70 #730
1937 — 65 65 #758
1936 — 58 58 #807
1935 — 51 51 #881
1934 — 59 59 #809
1933 — 69 69 #735
1932 — 74 74 #722
1931 — 74 74 #702
1930 — 78 78 #705
1929 — 84 84 #669
1928 — 107 107 #598
1927 — 81 81 #723
1926 — 76 76 #732
1925 — 102 102 #621
1924 — 104 104 #627
1923 — 88 88 #687
1922 — 101 101 #644
1921 — 119 119 #581
1920 — 120 120 #571
1919 — 114 114 #559
1918 — 115 115 #565
1917 7 108 115 #568
1916 — 131 131 #498
1915 — 103 103 #556
1914 — 97 97 #497
1913 — 76 76 #499
1912 — 68 68 #474
1911 — 44 44 #443
1910 — 40 40 #432
1909 — 26 26 #506
1908 — 31 31 #430
1907 — 29 29 #431
1906 — 24 24 #457
1905 — 35 35 #347
1904 — 27 27 #403
1903 — 22 22 #432
1902 — 33 33 #340
1901 — 25 25 #373
1900 — 25 25 #456
1899 — 25 25 #366
1898 — 34 34 #329
1897 — 27 27 #362
1896 — 26 26 #380
1895 — 25 25 #384
1894 — 26 26 #358
1893 — 25 25 #361
1892 — 35 35 #313
1891 — 20 20 #386
1890 — 26 26 #347
1889 — 20 20 #406
1888 — 37 37 #292
1887 — 14 14 #463
1886 — 24 24 #348
1885 — 36 36 #278
1884 — 22 22 #376
1883 — 23 23 #347
1882 — 28 28 #324
1881 — 32 32 #282
1880 — 38 38 #275