Porsha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- POR-sha
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Porsha is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Porsha mean?
Latin: spelling of Portia, from the Roman family name Porcius
Portia is the clever heiress who disguises herself as a lawyer in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Is Porsha a girl's or a boy's name?
Porsha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Porsha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Porsha, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Porsha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Porsha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Porsha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Porsha, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1989, with 296 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Porsha in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Porsha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 54 | #2,736 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,965 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,672 |
| 1998 | 61 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,782 |
| 1996 | 115 | #1,429 |
| 1995 | 130 | #1,283 |
| 1994 | 191 | #972 |
| 1993 | 210 | #912 |
| 1992 | 235 | #843 |
| 1991 | 274 | #753 |
| 1990 | 285 | #730 |
| 1989 | 296 | #682 |
| 1988 | 288 | #669 |
| 1987 | 241 | #747 |
| 1986 | 196 | #848 |
| 1985 | 150 | #1,011 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,157 |
| 1983 | 85 | #1,389 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1981 | 72 | #1,615 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,605 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,112 |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,707 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Porsha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Priya, Prisha, Krisha, Viha, Radhika, Pranshi, Risha, Navya, Saanvika, Avneet, Anya, Kridha
Names related to Porsha
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Porsha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/porsha, updated 20 October 2026.