How Many People Are Named Porcia?
An estimated 158 people in the United States have the first name Porcia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 40 years old, and Porcia peaked in popularity in 1990 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Porcia as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Porcia paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
158
About 1 in 2,169,331 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
40
years old
Peak Year
1990
18 births
Total Registered
167
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Porcia
Porcia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 167 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Porcia as a female name
Ranked #13,037 in 1996
6 female births in 1996
Peak: 1990 (18 births)
Porcia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Porcia span from the 1960s to the 1990s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 84 babies were registered. While Porcia is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Porcia by Decade
How has Porcia tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Porcia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Porcia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Porcia
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Porcia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Porcia?
We estimate approximately 158 people named Porcia are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,169,331 Americans share this first name.
Is Porcia a common name?
Porcia is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 167 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Porcia most popular?
Porcia reached peak popularity in 1990, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Porcia is approximately 40 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Porcia a female name?
Porcia is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Porcia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Porcia Smith, Porcia Johnson, Porcia Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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