Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Porter

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Porter
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2015

Peak rank proxy

862

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20152024

Peak year

2015

Decline from peak

46.3%

2024

463

All-time

20,274

Porter has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2015, when 862 boys were named Porter.

In 2024, only 463 boys were given the name.

Down 46.3% from its peak.

All told, about 20,274 Americans have been named Porter and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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