Meaning and history
Porter is an occupational English surname meaning “doorkeeper,” ultimately derived from Old French porte, meaning “door,” and from Latin porta.
20062006: 553 births, rank #479
2007: 566 births, rank #474
2008: 574 births, rank #482
2009: 578 births, rank #473
2010: 602 births, rank #446
20112011: 602 births, rank #449
2012: 644 births, rank #430
2013: 778 births, rank #383
2014: 857 births, rank #368
2015: 862 births, rank #375
20162016: 749 births, rank #419
2017: 802 births, rank #398
2018: 749 births, rank #418
2019: 613 births, rank #478
2020: 707 births, rank #424
20212021: 698 births, rank #443
2022: 592 births, rank #506
2023: 605 births, rank #499
2024: 464 births, rank #617
20252025: 531 births, rank #560
Porter rose from #618 to #560 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2015, with 862 births.