Portland
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- PORT-lund
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Portland is a name of English origin, meaning “harbour land”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Portland mean?
English: English place name, from the Isle of Portland in Dorset
“harbour land”
Portland, Oregon, was named after Portland, Maine, which took its name from the Isle of Portland in England.
Is Portland a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Portland has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US.
How popular is Portland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Portland, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the girls named Portland in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Portland in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
Names like Portland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Palmer, Marigold, Poppy, Collins, Harlow, Scottie, Holland, Parker, Miller, Oakley, Marlowe, Halo
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Portland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/portland, updated 20 October 2026.