Porter
Boy · POR-ta · English
Porter is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “gatekeeper”. In 2025 it ranked 560th for boys in the US (531 babies).
What does Porter mean?
English: occupational surname
“gatekeeper”
From an English surname for a doorkeeper or gatekeeper, or for someone who carried loads.
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Is Porter a girl's or a boy's name?
Porter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 68 girls and 531 boys in the US.
How popular is Porter in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Porter in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2018, 20% of the babies named Porter in the UK were girls.
Porter in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
How popular is Porter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #560among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 531about 1 in 3,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 531 boys in the US were named Porter, making it the 560th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 424th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 862 boys. 68 girls were also named Porter in 2025 (2,564th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Porter in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11% of the babies named Porter in the US were girls.
Porter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 531 | #560 |
| 2024 | 464 | #617 |
| 2023 | 605 | #499 |
| 2022 | 592 | #506 |
| 2021 | 698 | #443 |
| 2020 | 707 | #424 |
| 2019 | 613 | #478 |
| 2018 | 749 | #418 |
| 2017 | 802 | #398 |
| 2016 | 749 | #419 |
| 2015 | 862 | #375 |
| 2014 | 857 | #368 |
| 2013 | 778 | #383 |
| 2012 | 644 | #430 |
| 2011 | 602 | #449 |
| 2010 | 602 | #446 |
| 2009 | 578 | #473 |
| 2008 | 574 | #482 |
| 2007 | 566 | #474 |
| 2006 | 553 | #479 |
| 2005 | 405 | #575 |
| 2004 | 336 | #628 |
| 2003 | 314 | #646 |
| 2002 | 265 | #687 |
| 2001 | 225 | #761 |
| 2000 | 201 | #799 |
| 1999 | 176 | #857 |
| 1998 | 103 | #1,194 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,375 |
| 1996 | 71 | #1,443 |
| 1995 | 65 | #1,472 |
| 1994 | 66 | #1,449 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,736 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,013 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 31 | #1,535 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,215 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,254 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,321 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,301 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,252 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,031 |
| 1955 | 61 | #956 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,136 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,101 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,012 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1950 | 54 | #933 |
| 1949 | 62 | #871 |
| 1948 | 46 | #1,036 |
| 1947 | 59 | #905 |
| 1946 | 53 | #911 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,005 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,004 |
| 1943 | 66 | #808 |
| 1942 | 73 | #748 |
| 1941 | 57 | #839 |
| 1940 | 61 | #792 |
| 1939 | 57 | #805 |
| 1938 | 70 | #730 |
| 1937 | 65 | #757 |
| 1936 | 58 | #807 |
| 1935 | 51 | #881 |
| 1934 | 59 | #808 |
| 1933 | 69 | #733 |
| 1932 | 74 | #722 |
| 1931 | 74 | #702 |
| 1930 | 78 | #704 |
| 1929 | 84 | #668 |
| 1928 | 107 | #598 |
| 1927 | 81 | #722 |
| 1926 | 76 | #731 |
| 1925 | 102 | #621 |
| 1924 | 104 | #626 |
| 1923 | 88 | #687 |
| 1922 | 101 | #642 |
| 1921 | 119 | #580 |
| 1920 | 120 | #568 |
| 1919 | 114 | #559 |
| 1918 | 115 | #564 |
| 1917 | 108 | #566 |
| 1916 | 131 | #498 |
| 1915 | 103 | #555 |
| 1914 | 97 | #497 |
| 1913 | 76 | #498 |
| 1912 | 68 | #474 |
| 1911 | 44 | #441 |
| 1910 | 40 | #430 |
| 1909 | 26 | #505 |
| 1908 | 31 | #429 |
| 1907 | 29 | #429 |
| 1906 | 24 | #456 |
| 1905 | 35 | #346 |
| 1904 | 27 | #401 |
| 1903 | 22 | #430 |
| 1902 | 33 | #337 |
| 1901 | 25 | #371 |
| 1900 | 25 | #455 |
| 1899 | 25 | #362 |
| 1898 | 34 | #329 |
| 1897 | 27 | #360 |
| 1896 | 26 | #380 |
| 1895 | 25 | #383 |
| 1894 | 26 | #358 |
| 1893 | 25 | #359 |
| 1892 | 35 | #312 |
| 1891 | 20 | #386 |
| 1890 | 26 | #345 |
| 1889 | 20 | #405 |
| 1888 | 37 | #289 |
| 1887 | 14 | #461 |
| 1886 | 24 | #348 |
| 1885 | 36 | #277 |
| 1884 | 22 | #375 |
| 1883 | 23 | #346 |
| 1882 | 28 | #324 |
| 1881 | 32 | #276 |
| 1880 | 38 | #273 |
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