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Portland: popularity and history

Explore how often Portland appears in published U.S. birth-name records. Counts describe recorded births, not how many people with this name are alive today.

Female records

Latest dataset year: 2025. Most recent published observation for this name: 2025, with 8 births and rank 11,681.

First published birth year
1958
Total published births, 1958–2025
172
Best annual rank
3,835 in 1964
Portland · annual births per 10,000 published births in this recorded-sex population
0.000.040.08195819922025

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Published observations

Up to ten most recent published years, newest first. These may not be consecutive or recent calendar years. Missing records are unknown, not zero.

Portland · female records · most recent published years
YearBirthsRank
2025811,681
2024614,867
2023517,031
2022128,924
2021119,404
2020811,885
2019138,500
2018615,216
2017615,484
2016714,016
Latest ten dataset years (2016–2025)

Not published means no released observation; it does not establish zero births.

Portland · female records · latest calendar years, including gaps
YearBirthsRank
2025811,681
2024614,867
2023517,031
2022128,924
2021119,404
2020811,885
2019138,500
2018615,216
2017615,484
2016714,016

Male records

Latest dataset year: 2025. Most recent published observation for this name: 2024, with 7 births and rank 10,659.

First published birth year
2002
Total published births, 2002–2024
93
Best annual rank
6,586 in 2021
Portland · annual births per 10,000 published births in this recorded-sex population
0.000.040.07200220132024

The line shows relative use, not raw counts. Gaps are unpublished observations. Open the interactive chart for exact annual values.

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Published observations

Up to ten most recent published years, newest first. These may not be consecutive or recent calendar years. Missing records are unknown, not zero.

Portland · male records · most recent published years
YearBirthsRank
2024710,659
2023611,907
2022611,959
2021136,586
2020117,381
2019513,638
201898,657
201789,478
2016710,460
2015513,545
Latest ten dataset years (2016–2025)

Not published means no released observation; it does not establish zero births.

Portland · male records · latest calendar years, including gaps
YearBirthsRank
2025Not publishedNot published
2024710,659
2023611,907
2022611,959
2021136,586
2020117,381
2019513,638
201898,657
201789,478
2016710,460

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Alphabetical neighbors, not evidence of shared meaning, origin or popularity. Each spelling has its own recorded history.

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How to read these figures

An absent observation is not zero: small counts are withheld, and no published count may mean no births or a suppressed count. Early years are less complete. Recorded sex is a source category, not a rule about who may use a name. Annual ranks order published counts, with alphabetical tie-breaking. National and state totals need not match.

These records describe usage. They do not establish a name’s meaning, origin, ethnicity or pronunciation.