Hortense — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hortense

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,313 babies named Hortense between 1880 and 1976, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hortense currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 229 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hortense performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,794 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Hortense shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 703 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Hortense in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hortense 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 6,313 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.