Hortencia — #15330 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Hortencia

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,963 babies named Hortencia between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hortencia currently holds the #15330 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hortencia performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 662 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Hortencia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,294 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Hortencia in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hortencia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,963 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.