Meaning and history
Portia is a variant of Porcia, the feminine form of the Roman family name Porcius, and was used by William Shakespeare for the heroine of The Merchant of Venice (1596), where she disguises herself as a man to defend Antonio in court. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus, named after the Shakespearean character.
20062006: 57 births, rank #2,978
2007: 65 births, rank #2,787
2008: 45 births, rank #3,584
2009: 52 births, rank #3,189
2010: 52 births, rank #3,159
20112011: 65 births, rank #2,695
2012: 52 births, rank #3,169
2013: 55 births, rank #3,005
2014: 52 births, rank #3,137
2015: 42 births, rank #3,650
20162016: 29 births, rank #4,734
2017: 26 births, rank #5,045
2018: 21 births, rank #5,785
2019: 27 births, rank #4,909
2020: 21 births, rank #5,667
20212021: 7 births, rank #12,206
2022: 8 births, rank #11,231
2023: 15 births, rank #7,247
2024: 20 births, rank #5,962
20252025: 14 births, rank #7,491
Portia moved from #843 to #964 for girls between 1990 and 1991. Its highest annual birth count came in 1989, with 259 births.