Porfiria

Girls' name

Feminine form of Porfirio

Porfiria has been given to 235 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Porfiria, 1982

1 in 438,000

Porfiria over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Porfiria: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Porfirio

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Porfiria means

Porfiria is a feminine form of Porfirio.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Porfiria is used in Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /poɾ.ˈfi.ɾja/ for Porfiria.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Porfiria → Porfirio. The family’s meaning is “purple dye”, recorded in the naming reference for Porfirio.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Porfirio.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 235 girls were recorded with the name Porfiria between 1917 and 1982. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1921; its best national rank was #2,103 in 1921.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Porfiria?

Porfiria had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1982, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1982: 1 in 438,000; 8 of 3,507,638 births
Among girls only: 1 in 212,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1982: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 303,915 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Porfiria sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1982 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 303,915 children born in 1982 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Porfiria. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Porfirias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Porfiria was born before 1928 — so the typical Porfiria is around 97 today.

Median birth year: 1928; About 97 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 49.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 6.0%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 22; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 49.4% of all recorded uses (116).

Is Porfiria rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (19)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 43.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,103; 1921

Where Porfiria is used

Across 1910–2025, Porfiria was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 105,722 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New Mexico1 in 100,000
2Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Porfiria has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Porfiria by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,103; 1921
Peak year: 1921; 19 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 1982
All-time count: 235
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Porfiria

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Porfiria

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

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For a brother

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