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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Hortense

Hortense was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1894, when it ranked 378th; the most babies were born in 1919 (229). More babies were named Hortense in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1919229 babies
Total since 1880
6,313babies recorded

Hortense popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#8,4465
1960#3,13816
1950#1,93025
1940#1,10743
1930#71395
1920#452223
1910#392102
1900#42960
1890#47830
1880#45714

How popular is Hortense, counting every spelling?

Hortense has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Hortense?

About 700 people born in the US named Hortense are alive today, with a median age of 78; half are between 70 and 86. That makes Hortense a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Hortense by state

How common Hortense was among girls born in each state in 1917–1921, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (7.5×), Florida (4.2×), Texas (2.4×), Virginia (2.1×), Maryland (2.1×). In 28 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWI0.05Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesIL0.15Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesNY0.37Massachusetts: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesMA0.14Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIN0.04Ohio: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOH0.08Pennsylvania: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesPA0.07New Jersey: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.10Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesCA0.32Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesMO0.33Kentucky: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKY0.07West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesVA0.39Maryland: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesMD0.38Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesAZ1.4New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesAR0.11Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesNC0.16South Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesSC0.04District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesLA0.12Mississippi: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMS0.05Alabama: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesAL0.08Georgia: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesGA0.23Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesTX0.45Florida: 0.77 per 1,000 babiesFL0.77
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Hortense, girls, 1917–1921. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Hortense: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Hortense, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Hortense

How popular is the name Hortense?

Hortense was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1894, when it ranked 378th; the most babies were born in 1919 (229). More babies were named Hortense in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Hortense a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 6,313 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Hortense most popular?

In 1917–1921, Hortense was most common in Arizona (1.39 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Texas.