Portia
Portia was the 7803rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1949, when it ranked 590th; the most babies were born in 1989 (259). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,112 places. More babies were named Portia in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,803 girls, down 1,997 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1989259 babies
- Total since 1880
- 10,635babies recorded
Portia popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 8 since 1989.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,803 | 14 |
| 2020 | #5,806 | 21 |
| 2010 | #3,192 | 52 |
| 2000 | #1,825 | 95 |
| 1990 | #843 | 234 |
| 1980 | #1,073 | 132 |
| 1970 | #1,072 | 114 |
| 1960 | #864 | 144 |
| 1950 | #607 | 190 |
| 1940 | #1,059 | 47 |
| 1930 | #1,248 | 37 |
| 1920 | #1,129 | 45 |
| 1910 | #1,157 | 16 |
| 1900 | #721 | 26 |
| 1890 | #1,494 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Portia, counting every spelling?
Portia is the most common spelling of a name family that had 14 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 14 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portia | 14 | #7,803 | 64 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Portia?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Portia (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Portia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Portia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Portia?
About 8,400 people born in the US named Portia are alive today, with a median age of 47; half are between 35 and 66. That makes Portia mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Portia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Portia, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Portia
How popular is the name Portia?
Portia was the 7803rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1949, when it ranked 590th; the most babies were born in 1989 (259). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,112 places. More babies were named Portia in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Portia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Portia in the US.