Girls' name · since 1909
Hortence
200 babies named Hortence in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,809 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
200 girls have been named Hortence since 1909, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Hortence has 200 recorded births among girls since 1909, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 1948.
- #19,809 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 200 born since 1909
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hortence ranks #19,809 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 200 born since 1909, peaking in the 1920s.
- #19,809 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Hortence's 200 recorded births place it above 72.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Hortence's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hortence splits its recorded history at 1926: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1910 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hortence popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–1948
- Peak year (1920)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Hortence by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (92 births, 46% of the file).
1920s was Hortence's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Hortence births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 7
1900s
7 births
- 1910s
1910s
42 births
- 1920s
1920s
92 births
- 1930s
1930s
54 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 92 births (46% of all-time use).
Hortence by state
Where Hortence concentrates geographically, total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 5.5% |
11 of 200 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hortence's data
- Hortence's decade-level peak was the 1920s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Hortences (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hortence: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1909–1948 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hortence draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.