Porsche
Feminine
This is a car, and the record is unambiguous about when it became a name. It appears in the nineteen-seventies, climbs through the eighties and falls away afterward, which tracks the decade in which the marque was at its most conspicuous in American culture rather than anything about the family that founded it.
How old is the name Porsche?
Porsche first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Porsche alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 2,100 people named Porsche are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Porsche most popular?
Porsche peaked in 1987, reaching #913 nationally. See the whole 1987 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Porsche to Porsche
The story of Porsche
The pronunciation is a genuine problem rather than a snobbery. German sounds the final e as a full unstressed syllable, so the surname is two beats; English swallows final e's as a matter of course and produces one. Both are what those languages do with those letters, and neither is a mistake. The company has spent decades and a certain amount of advertising money trying to establish the two-syllable version among English speakers, with mixed results. A child given the name will spend their life fielding the same correction the company does, from people who are confident about it in both directions.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The surname is Central European and its own derivation is not established. Used as a first name it is not carrying that history in any case; it is carrying the object, which has no meaning at all.
How the name formed
- Porsche
- Porscha
Pronouncing Porsche
POR-shuh
Two syllables in German, where the final e is a full vowel. English commonly gives it one, and both readings are heard constantly.
Nicknames for Porsche
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 1987182 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #913reached in 1987
- Change vs 2017
- +20.0%6 in 2023, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Porsches among us
people named Porsche are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Porsche sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short, striking and instantly remembered.
- The two-syllable reading has an attractive shape that the object does not spoil.
- It is close enough to Portia to borrow some of that name's dignity.
- It is a car marque and will be heard as one, always.
- The pronunciation is genuinely contested and will need giving every time.
- It is firmly tied to the decade of its rise.
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Frequently asked
- How many Porsches are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Porsche are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Porsche in 2025?
- Porsche is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Porsche with classmates?
- Porsche will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with P, all years combined.
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