Porter is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1010 for boy births in the United States, given to 599 babies. Porter first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2015 (921 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 599 | #1,010 |
| 2024 | 538 | #1,112 |
| 2023 | 676 | #919 |
| 2022 | 673 | #940 |
| 2021 | 764 | #826 |
| 2020 | 765 | #821 |
| 2019 | 668 | #918 |
| 2018 | 797 | #791 |
| 2017 | 848 | #750 |
| 2016 | 805 | #812 |
| 2015 | 921 | #723 |
| 2014 | 897 | #724 |
| 2013 | 806 | #761 |
| 2012 | 677 | #882 |
| 2011 | 629 | #911 |
| 2010 | 619 | #925 |
| 2009 | 592 | #973 |
| 2008 | 594 | #987 |
| 2007 | 579 | #1,007 |
| 2006 | 565 | #999 |
| 2005 | 420 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 344 | #1,365 |
| 2003 | 320 | #1,403 |
| 2002 | 276 | #1,505 |
| 2001 | 241 | #1,641 |
| 2000 | 208 | #1,783 |
| 1999 | 182 | #1,904 |
| 1998 | 109 | #2,633 |
| 1997 | 80 | #3,168 |
| 1996 | 76 | #3,211 |
| 1995 | 72 | #3,221 |
| 1994 | 73 | #3,198 |
| 1993 | 49 | #4,146 |
| 1992 | 37 | #5,028 |
| 1991 | 37 | #4,911 |
| 1990 | 36 | #4,939 |
| 1989 | 27 | #5,827 |
| 1988 | 25 | #5,798 |
| 1987 | 25 | #5,536 |
| 1986 | 26 | #5,264 |
| 1985 | 31 | #4,619 |
| 1984 | 24 | #5,342 |
| 1983 | 31 | #4,399 |
| 1982 | 27 | #4,964 |
| 1981 | 22 | #5,626 |
| 1980 | 19 | #6,204 |
| 1979 | 15 | #7,118 |
| 1978 | 19 | #5,865 |
| 1977 | 32 | #4,104 |
| 1976 | 16 | #6,216 |
| 1975 | 23 | #4,825 |
| 1974 | 21 | #5,017 |
| 1973 | 21 | #4,867 |
| 1972 | 31 | #3,721 |
| 1971 | 33 | #3,660 |
| 1970 | 30 | #3,803 |
| 1969 | 34 | #3,368 |
| 1968 | 31 | #3,381 |
| 1967 | 22 | #4,042 |
| 1966 | 38 | #2,943 |
| 1965 | 37 | #3,011 |
| 1964 | 43 | #2,843 |
| 1963 | 42 | #2,851 |
| 1962 | 27 | #3,631 |
| 1961 | 36 | #3,099 |
| 1960 | 29 | #3,452 |
| 1959 | 36 | #3,024 |
| 1958 | 38 | #2,876 |
| 1957 | 46 | #2,618 |
| 1956 | 53 | #2,377 |
| 1955 | 61 | #2,168 |
| 1954 | 43 | #2,577 |
| 1953 | 44 | #2,479 |
| 1952 | 50 | #2,306 |
| 1951 | 48 | #2,289 |
| 1950 | 54 | #2,111 |
| 1949 | 62 | #1,959 |
| 1948 | 46 | #2,319 |
| 1947 | 59 | #2,018 |
| 1946 | 53 | #2,027 |
| 1945 | 40 | #2,176 |
| 1944 | 42 | #2,144 |
| 1943 | 66 | #1,727 |
| 1942 | 73 | #1,614 |
| 1941 | 57 | #1,747 |
| 1940 | 61 | #1,655 |
| 1939 | 57 | #1,676 |
| 1938 | 70 | #1,525 |
| 1937 | 65 | #1,562 |
| 1936 | 58 | #1,644 |
| 1935 | 51 | #1,772 |
| 1934 | 59 | #1,634 |
| 1933 | 69 | #1,486 |
| 1932 | 74 | #1,463 |
| 1931 | 74 | #1,439 |
| 1930 | 78 | #1,451 |
| 1929 | 84 | #1,386 |
| 1928 | 107 | #1,248 |
| 1927 | 81 | #1,472 |
| 1926 | 76 | #1,528 |
| 1925 | 102 | #1,317 |
| 1924 | 104 | #1,325 |
| 1923 | 88 | #1,437 |
| 1922 | 101 | #1,349 |
| 1921 | 119 | #1,241 |
| 1920 | 120 | #1,222 |
| 1919 | 114 | #1,204 |
| 1918 | 115 | #1,214 |
| 1917 | 115 | #1,167 |
| 1916 | 131 | #1,076 |
| 1915 | 103 | #1,195 |
| 1914 | 97 | #1,067 |
| 1913 | 76 | #1,076 |
| 1912 | 68 | #1,063 |
| 1911 | 44 | #1,091 |
| 1910 | 40 | #1,098 |
| 1909 | 26 | #1,284 |
| 1908 | 31 | #1,121 |
| 1907 | 29 | #1,125 |
| 1906 | 24 | #1,190 |
| 1905 | 35 | #939 |
| 1904 | 27 | #1,061 |
| 1903 | 22 | #1,139 |
| 1902 | 33 | #908 |
| 1901 | 25 | #994 |
| 1900 | 25 | #1,168 |
| 1899 | 25 | #976 |
| 1898 | 34 | #873 |
| 1897 | 27 | #939 |
| 1896 | 26 | #986 |
| 1895 | 25 | #989 |
| 1894 | 26 | #930 |
| 1893 | 25 | #911 |
| 1892 | 35 | #762 |
| 1891 | 20 | #970 |
| 1890 | 26 | #860 |
| 1889 | 20 | #972 |
| 1888 | 37 | #696 |
| 1887 | 14 | #1,069 |
| 1886 | 24 | #788 |
| 1885 | 36 | #612 |
| 1884 | 22 | #799 |
| 1883 | 23 | #736 |
| 1882 | 28 | #658 |
| 1881 | 32 | #563 |
| 1880 | 38 | #522 |