girl's name

Porchia

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 541

Porchia is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2000 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1989, when 52 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1965.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Porchia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2000, not a full ten years.

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'60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Porchia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1970s 41
1980s 263
1990s 213
2000s (to 2000) 6

How popular is Porchia?

In 2000, Porchia was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Porchia is used

England & Wales #5,418 4 in 2013
United States #14,191 6 in 2000

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Porchia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Porchia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Porchia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Porchia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Porchia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Porchia

How popular is the name Porchia?

In 2000, Porchia was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Porchia a girl's or a boy's name?

Porchia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Porchia?

Porchia has 3 syllables.

When was Porchia most popular?

Porchia peaked in 1989, when 52 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.