Porter
#791 most common boys' name of all time · #1,790 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · 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
Girls
Boys
peak 921/yr
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |