Portia
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Portia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “pig”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Portia mean?
Latin
“pig”
A female given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Portia a girl's or a boy's name?
Portia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Portia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 34 girls.
Half of all the girls named Portia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Portia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 32 | #918 |
| 2004 | 32 | #910 |
| 2003 | 34 | #843 |
| 2002 | 28 | #904 |
| 2001 | 27 | #910 |
| 2000 | 32 | #792 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 20 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 24 | #969 |
| 1996 | 28 | #855 |
How popular is Portia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Portia, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1989, with 259 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Portia in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Portia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,135 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,694 |
| 2010 | 52 | #3,158 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,787 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2005 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2004 | 72 | #2,367 |
| 2003 | 72 | #2,318 |
| 2002 | 87 | #2,002 |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,774 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,813 |
| 1999 | 70 | #2,150 |
| 1998 | 49 | #2,728 |
| 1997 | 69 | #2,042 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,992 |
| 1995 | 81 | #1,772 |
| 1994 | 106 | #1,484 |
| 1993 | 147 | #1,178 |
| 1992 | 168 | #1,074 |
| 1991 | 196 | #960 |
| 1990 | 234 | #840 |
| 1989 | 259 | #756 |
| 1988 | 255 | #734 |
| 1987 | 236 | #762 |
| 1986 | 234 | #746 |
| 1985 | 171 | #925 |
| 1984 | 168 | #890 |
| 1983 | 152 | #959 |
| 1982 | 127 | #1,107 |
| 1981 | 130 | #1,079 |
| 1980 | 132 | #1,068 |
| 1979 | 114 | #1,161 |
| 1978 | 118 | #1,104 |
| 1977 | 96 | #1,247 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 76 | #1,381 |
| 1974 | 96 | #1,169 |
| 1973 | 118 | #1,001 |
| 1972 | 117 | #1,006 |
| 1971 | 128 | #984 |
| 1970 | 114 | #1,069 |
| 1969 | 119 | #990 |
| 1968 | 82 | #1,196 |
| 1967 | 129 | #902 |
| 1966 | 122 | #913 |
| 1965 | 152 | #803 |
| 1964 | 129 | #920 |
| 1963 | 146 | #865 |
| 1962 | 136 | #904 |
| 1961 | 165 | #819 |
| 1960 | 144 | #862 |
| 1959 | 116 | #981 |
| 1958 | 128 | #905 |
| 1957 | 150 | #826 |
| 1956 | 134 | #860 |
| 1955 | 170 | #726 |
| 1954 | 169 | #708 |
| 1953 | 148 | #748 |
| 1952 | 143 | #740 |
| 1951 | 197 | #611 |
| 1950 | 190 | #605 |
| 1949 | 199 | #586 |
| 1948 | 169 | #638 |
| 1947 | 150 | #687 |
| 1946 | 155 | #632 |
| 1945 | 115 | #696 |
| 1944 | 104 | #747 |
| 1943 | 156 | #603 |
| 1942 | 143 | #628 |
| 1941 | 89 | #756 |
| 1940 | 47 | #1,046 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,288 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,355 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,483 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,440 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,488 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,232 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,256 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,365 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,303 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,115 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,440 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,283 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,148 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,119 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,270 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,102 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,183 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,173 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,175 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,176 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,178 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,110 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 26 | #705 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,009 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 11 | #999 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,061 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Names like Portia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Victoria, Maria, Jessica, Emily, Francesca, Olivia, Claudia, Julia, Patricia, Priscilla, Laura, Gloria
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
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, “Portia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/portia, updated 20 October 2026.