Porsha
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 288 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,031since 1963
Porsha over time
Rank among girls' names. Porsha has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,299 | 35 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,334 | 41 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,740 | 54 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,969 | 85 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,675 | 52 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,307 | 61 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,784 | 84 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,431 | 115 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,286 | 130 | — | |
| 1994 | #973 | 191 | — | |
| 1993 | #913 | 210 | — | |
| 1992 | #845 | 235 | — | |
| 1991 | #753 | 274 | — | |
| 1990 | #731 | 285 | — | |
| 1989 | #683 | 296 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #669 | 288 | — | |
| 1987 | #747 | 241 | — | |
| 1986 | #848 | 196 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,011 | 150 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,157 | 117 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,389 | 85 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,641 | 70 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,615 | 72 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,605 | 72 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,707 | 61 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Porsha! It came in at #6,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1969, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Porsha is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Georgia#1,139 · 1 in 8,908
- Illinois#1,488 · 1 in 14,083
- Texas#1,931 · 1 in 20,492
Best ever in a state: #159 in District of Columbia, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #1,139 | 5 | 1 in 8,908 |
| Illinois | #1,488 | 5 | 1 in 14,083 |
| Texas | #1,931 | 7 | 1 in 20,492 |
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See more about Porsha
- 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #14,942)
- 6,495 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 163 spots in 1986 (#1,011 → #848)
- Biggest drop: 313 spots in 1995 (#973 → #1,286)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1988 at #669 (288 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1986–1994
- Highest: 1 in 6,184 girls born in 1988 were named Porsha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 40.6% of all girls named Porsha (1,637) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #6,592 (1963) | #7,032 |
| 1970s | 247 | #1,707 (1978) | #3,592 |
| 1980s | 1,587 | #669 (1988) | #1,137 |
| 1990s | 1,637 | #731 (1990) | #1,370 |
| 2000s | 371 | #1,969 (2000) | #4,554 |
| 2010s | 157 | #5,013 (2013) | #7,864 |
| 2020s | 22 | #12,206 (2021) | #14,358 |
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.
Porsha in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
More about 1998
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1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 28,966 of them was named Porsha, which outranked 86.1% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,279Thelma62
- #2,279Vivianna62
- #2,279Yelitza62
- #2,307Porsha61
- #2,307Akilah61
- #2,307Andriana61
- #2,307Ariyan61
- #2,338Alise60
- #2,338Aurelia60
- #2,338Bayli60
Tied with 30 names at #2,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.