Porfiria

Peak · girls
1921 · 19 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
235
since 1917

Porfiria over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Porfiria has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #2,048, 1921girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1934#3,1598
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1931#3,2268
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1929#2,19115
1928#4,1956
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1922#3,15210
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Porfiria! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1935, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Porfiria is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Porfiria in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Porfiria
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1921 at #2,048 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1924, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 64,898
  • Highest: 1 in 64,898 girls born in 1921 were named Porfiria (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 211,666 girls born in 1982 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 49.4% of all girls named Porfiria (116) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s22#2,813 (1919)#3,902
1920s116#2,048 (1921)#2,992
1930s47#3,159 (1934)#3,623
1940s28#2,598 (1945)#4,369
1950s8#4,226 (1953)#4,226
1960s6#5,817 (1965)#5,817
1970s0——
1980s8#7,469 (1982)#7,469

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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