Feminine dossier · first seen 1882

Portia

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

Endangered Down 92.3% from peak

Peak era

1989

Peak rank proxy

259

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1882Peak 19892024

Peak year

1989

Decline from peak

92.3%

2024

All-time

10,613

Portia once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1989, when 259 girls were named Portia.

In 2024, only 20 girls were given the name.

Down 92.3% from its peak.

All told, about 10,613 Americans have been named Portia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.3% from peak

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