Porter

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning gatekeeper or carrier of goods.

Babies a year
845
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#560
up from #615
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Porter has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#325#496#666201520202025#560

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#376
2016#419
2017#398
2018#418
2019#478
2020#424
2021#443
2022#506
2023#503
2024#615
2025#560

Porter by the numbers

Porter was given to 845 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 860 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 3,100 American boys born that year was called Porter.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Porter. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Potterone who makes pottery; an occupational surname5 in the US (2017)
  • Parkerkeeper of the park; park ranger5,833 in the US (2017)
  • Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
  • Portiaoffering or gift; feminine form of Porcius26 in the US (2017)
  • Power7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Porter

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