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Named In A Song By Johnny Cash: Hey Porter. Also The Last Name Of Jane's Family In Tarzan.
Porter Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
96.51%
Male
3.49%
Female
Porter is predominantly a boys name, with 3.49% of Porters being girls, and 96.51% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 17983 males named Porter, and 650 females given the name
Popularity of Porter by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Porter in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Names Similar to Porter
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Porter: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Porter' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Porter in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Porter's average ranking is 1623.54, with it's highest ever rank being #. Porter has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 2 times.
Porter has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 18633 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Porter gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1888, when it's usage went up by 218.16%. During this year, 37 babies were named Porter, which was 0.0129% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.023%, in this year alone more than 1000 boys were named Porter.
Popular 'P' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'P'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with P. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'P' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
| Name | 'P-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker | 1. | 137. | 4685 | 0.129% |
| Patrick | 2. | 299. | 2344 | 0.065% |
| Preston | 3. | 306. | 2297 | 0.063% |
| Paxton | 4. | 359. | 1976 | 0.055% |
| Paul | 5. | 369. | 1921 | 0.053% |
| Peter | 6. | 373. | 1904 | 0.053% |
| Peyton | 7. | 543. | 1237 | 0.034% |
| Phoenix | 8. | 550. | 1226 | 0.034% |
| Prince | 9. | 662. | 1007 | 0.028% |
| Pedro | 10. | 742. | 874 | 0.024% |
| Pablo | 11. | 819. | 787 | 0.022% |
| Princeton | 12. | 833. | 769 | 0.021% |
| Porter | 13. | 854. | 739 | 0.02% |
| Philip | 14. | 882. | 709 | 0.02% |
| Phillip | 15. | 888. | 701 | 0.019% |
| Pierce | 16. | 956. | 641 | 0.018% |
| Payton | 17. | 1773. | 280 | 0.008% |
| Pierre | 18. | 2479. | 172 | 0.005% |
| Pierson | 19. | 2812. | 143 | 0.004% |
| Phineas | 20. | 2867. | 139 | 0.004% |
