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.

Portia

#1,557 most common girls' name of all time · #2,693 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among girls
#1,557
Rank overall
#2,693 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
135 of 146
All-time
10,635
Since 2016
188
Peak year
1989 #757
Best rank
#589 1949
Girls Boys peak 267/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Portia first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 14 — 14 #7,505
2024 20 — 20 #5,976
2023 15 — 15 #7,265
2022 8 — 8 #11,268
2021 7 — 7 #12,239
2020 21 — 21 #5,677
2019 27 — 27 #4,913
2018 21 — 21 #5,795
2017 26 — 26 #5,054
2016 29 — 29 #4,738
2015 42 — 42 #3,655
2014 52 — 52 #3,141
2013 55 — 55 #3,008
2012 52 — 52 #3,171
2011 65 — 65 #2,695
2010 52 — 52 #3,162
2009 52 — 52 #3,190
2008 45 — 45 #3,586
2007 65 — 65 #2,789
2006 57 — 57 #2,981
2005 67 — 67 #2,555
2004 72 — 72 #2,371
2003 72 — 72 #2,322
2002 87 — 87 #2,006
2001 100 — 100 #1,779
2000 95 — 95 #1,820
1999 70 — 70 #2,158
1998 49 — 49 #2,731
1997 69 — 69 #2,047
1996 70 — 70 #1,995
1995 81 — 81 #1,777
1994 106 — 106 #1,487
1993 147 — 147 #1,181
1992 168 — 168 #1,077
1991 196 — 196 #963
1990 234 — 234 #841
1989 259 8 267 #757
1988 255 — 255 #734
1987 236 — 236 #764
1986 234 — 234 #746
1985 171 — 171 #926
1984 168 — 168 #891
1983 152 — 152 #962
1982 127 — 127 #1,110
1981 130 — 130 #1,080
1980 132 — 132 #1,071
1979 114 — 114 #1,163
1978 118 — 118 #1,108
1977 96 — 96 #1,249
1976 79 — 79 #1,358
1975 76 — 76 #1,385
1974 96 — 96 #1,170
1973 118 — 118 #1,002
1972 117 — 117 #1,008
1971 128 — 128 #984
1970 114 — 114 #1,070
1969 119 — 119 #990
1968 82 — 82 #1,200
1967 129 — 129 #903
1966 122 — 122 #914
1965 152 — 152 #805
1964 129 — 129 #922
1963 146 — 146 #867
1962 136 — 136 #906
1961 165 — 165 #819
1960 144 — 144 #864
1959 116 — 116 #984
1958 128 — 128 #908
1957 150 — 150 #829
1956 134 — 134 #865
1955 170 — 170 #727
1954 169 — 169 #710
1953 148 — 148 #751
1952 143 — 143 #742
1951 197 — 197 #612
1950 190 — 190 #606
1949 199 — 199 #589
1948 169 — 169 #640
1947 150 — 150 #688
1946 155 — 155 #633
1945 115 — 115 #696
1944 104 — 104 #749
1943 156 — 156 #604
1942 143 — 143 #628
1941 89 — 89 #761
1940 47 — 47 #1,051
1939 22 — 22 #1,649
1938 32 — 32 #1,298
1937 29 — 29 #1,363
1936 31 — 31 #1,306
1935 25 — 25 #1,491
1934 26 — 26 #1,455
1933 17 — 17 #1,920
1932 26 — 26 #1,495
1931 27 — 27 #1,431
1930 37 — 37 #1,240
1929 35 — 35 #1,266
1928 32 — 32 #1,376
1927 37 — 37 #1,311
1926 46 — 46 #1,121
1925 33 — 33 #1,416
1924 33 — 33 #1,450
1923 37 — 37 #1,293
1922 31 — 31 #1,475
1921 44 — 44 #1,158
1920 45 — 45 #1,123
1919 36 — 36 #1,280
1918 44 — 44 #1,115
1917 37 — 37 #1,188
1916 33 — 33 #1,262
1915 34 — 34 #1,178
1914 27 — 27 #1,186
1913 22 — 22 #1,204
1912 20 — 20 #1,193
1911 14 — 14 #1,264
1910 16 — 16 #1,133
1909 8 — 8 #1,663
1908 10 — 10 #1,389
1907 11 — 11 #1,240
1906 8 — 8 #1,457
1905 10 — 10 #1,266
1904 8 — 8 #1,400
1903 7 — 7 #1,489
1902 10 — 10 #1,175
1901 7 — 7 #1,381
1900 26 — 26 #719
1899 8 — 8 #1,224
1898 12 — 12 #1,033
1896 11 — 11 #1,031
1895 7 — 7 #1,339
1894 9 — 9 #1,103
1890 5 — 5 #1,398
1887 7 — 7 #1,000
1886 6 — 6 #1,060
1882 5 — 5 #1,015