NameTides

Porter

Porter was the #560 boys' name in the US in 2025 (531 babies), and #685 in Canada.

Porter as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Porter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Porter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#560 (531)———#685 (40)
2024#617 (464)#4,271 (4)——#788 (33)
2023#499 (605)#2,547 (8)——#947 (25)
2022#506 (592)#3,450 (5)——#632 (42)
2021#443 (698)#4,789 (3)——#557 (51)
2020#424 (707)#2,682 (7)—#392 (3)#674 (38)
2019#478 (613)#3,013 (6)——#722 (34)
2018#418 (749)#2,112 (10)——#609 (43)
2017#398 (802)#2,734 (7)#733 (3)—#764 (32)
2016#419 (749)#2,804 (7)——#528 (53)
2015#375 (862)#2,707 (7)——#734 (34)
2014#368 (857)#3,362 (5)——#438 (68)
2013#383 (778)#2,403 (8)——#482 (58)
2012#430 (644)———#541 (49)
2011#449 (602)#4,647 (3)——#792 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #375.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 11% of US babies named Porter were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Porter is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,100 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Porter by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #300WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #502WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #275MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #420MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #192SDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #452INOhio: #395OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #906CAUtah: #193UTColorado: #571CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #273TNNorth Carolina: #569NCSouth Carolina: #372SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #400ALGeorgia: #541GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #649TXFlorida: #704FL
Porter (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Porter (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PorterCanadaGirls#2,4758
PorterCanadaBoys#68540
PorterEngland & WalesGirls—too few
PorterEngland & WalesBoys—too few
PorterNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PorterNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PorterScotlandBoys—too few
PorterUSGirls#2,56468
PorterUSBoys#560531