Porfirio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- por-FEE-ree-oh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Porfirio is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “purple”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Porfirio mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Porphyrios
“purple”
Porfirio Díaz ruled Mexico for over three decades until the 1910 Revolution.
Is Porfirio a girl's or a boy's name?
Porfirio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Porfirio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Porfirio, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1921, with 56 boys. It first appears in the records in 1903.
2025 had fewer boys named Porfirio than any year since 1912.
Half of all the boys named Porfirio in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Porfirio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,863 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,643 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,480 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,561 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,601 |
| 1980 | 40 | #1,524 |
| 1979 | 47 | #1,352 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,570 |
| 1977 | 46 | #1,335 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,267 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,478 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,376 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,254 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 30 | #1,427 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,252 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,116 |
| 1965 | 24 | #1,594 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,407 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,241 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,294 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,181 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,320 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,128 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,217 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,271 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,022 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,035 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,175 |
| 1945 | 41 | #994 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,173 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,528 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,139 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,019 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,251 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,297 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,168 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,463 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,273 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,133 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 50 | #915 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,111 |
| 1930 | 47 | #990 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,044 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,003 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,064 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,053 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,263 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,385 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1921 | 56 | #939 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,020 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,321 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,322 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
Names like Porfirio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mario, Pedro, Angelo, Antonio, Ignacio, Julio, Manuel, Victor, Gregorio, Peter, Philip, Paul
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Porfirio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/porfirio, updated 20 October 2026.