Given name & surname
Porsche
Porsche is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Porsche through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,115
- 0 boys · 2,115 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 182 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 182 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,813 as a first name in 2020; 196 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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