Porter

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #560in 2025
  • 1 in 3,216boys in 2025
  • −31%last ten years
  • 3.8×in Utah

Most popular in 2015. Quieter now: down 31% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Porter, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880344
1881318
1882246
1883220
1884192
1885334
1886217
1887138
1888306
1889181
1890234
1891198
1892287
1893223
1894225
1895213
1896217
1897239
1898277
1899235
1900166
1901235
1902269
1903185
1904211
1905265
1906180
1907198
1908201
1909159
1910206
1911195
1912158
1913148
1914148
1915121
1916147
1917117
1918113
1919116
1920113
1921108
192293
192380
192492
192591
192668
192772
192897
192978
193071
193171
193271
193370
193457
193549
193656
193761
193863
193951
194053
194146
194253
194346
194431
194530
194633
194732
194826
194935
195030
195125
195226
195322
195421
195530
195625
195721
195818
195917
196014
196117
196213
196321
196419
196520
196621
196713
196818
196919
197016
197119
197219
197313
197413
197515
197610
197719
197812
19799
198011
198112
198215
198317
198413
198517
198614
198713
198813
198913
199018
199118
199219
199325
199434
199534
199637
199742
199854
199992
2000102
2001116
2002136
2003159
2004169
2005203
2006269
2007273
2008281
2009291
2010314
2011317
2012339
2013411
2014446
2015450
2016395
2017433
2018412
2019342
2020410
2021399
2022339
2023354
2024269
2025311

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Utah 3.8×
  2. Nebraska 3.2×
  3. Kansas 2.7×
  4. Missouri 2.5×
  5. Wisconsin 2.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
531
Rank in 2025
#560
How rare
1 in 3,216 boys
Since 1880
20,808

Most popular in 2015, at 450 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 31% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Utah3.8×68
Nebraska3.2×26
Kansas2.7×35
Missouri2.5×64
Wisconsin2.2×49

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.