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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 135 recorded years as a table

Portia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1882	46
1886	42
1887	48
1890	26
1894	40
1895	30
1896	46
1898	46
1899	34
1900	87
1901	29
1902	38
1903	27
1904	29
1905	34
1906	27
1907	35
1908	30
1909	23
1910	40
1911	33
1912	36
1913	35
1914	35
1915	35
1916	32
1917	34
1918	38
1919	32
1920	38
1921	36
1922	26
1923	31
1924	26
1925	27
1926	39
1927	31
1928	28
1929	31
1930	33
1931	25
1932	24
1933	17
1934	25
1935	24
1936	30
1937	27
1938	29
1939	20
1940	41
1941	74
1942	106
1943	112
1944	78
1945	88
1946	99
1947	85
1948	100
1949	116
1950	111
1951	109
1952	77
1953	79
1954	87
1955	87
1956	67
1957	73
1958	64
1959	57
1960	71
1961	82
1962	69
1963	76
1964	68
1965	86
1966	72
1967	78
1968	50
1969	71
1970	65
1971	77
1972	77
1973	81
1974	65
1975	52
1976	54
1977	63
1978	77
1979	71
1980	80
1981	78
1982	75
1983	91
1984	100
1985	99
1986	136
1987	136
1988	143
1989	140
1990	123
1991	105
1992	91
1993	81
1994	59
1995	46
1996	40
1997	40
1998	28
1999	39
2000	52
2001	56
2002	48
2003	39
2004	39
2005	36
2006	30
2007	34
2008	24
2009	28
2010	29
2011	37
2012	30
2013	31
2014	29
2015	24
2016	16
2017	15
2018	12
2019	16
2020	13
2021	4
2022	5
2023	9
2024	12
2025	9

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Portia isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 14
Rank in 2025: #7,491
How rare: 1 in 114,804 girls
Since 1882: 10,627

Most popular in 1988, at 143 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 63% per million girls born.

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