Porter

Where Porter comes from

From Middle English Porter, from porter (“porter”), * From Old French portier (“doorman”), from porte (“door”) * From Old French portour (“bearer”), from porter (“to carry”)
— Wiktionary's entry for Porter
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #273 among boys with 38 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #461.
  3. 1938
    Porter Goss born
    American politician and first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
  4. 1992
    Porter Robinson born
    American DJ, singer and record producer
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
Namesakes
  • Porter Robinson · American DJ, singer and record producer, born 1992
  • Porter Goss · American politician and first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, born 1938
  • Porter Wagoner · American country singer, 1927–2007
  • Porter Hall · American actor, 1888–1953
  • Porter H. Dale · American politician, 1867–1933

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.