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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Hortensia

Hortensia was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 909th with 66 babies. More babies were named Hortensia 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
192866 babies
Total since 1880
1,794babies recorded

Hortensia popularity since 1880

0255075100 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#11,9116
1980#4,81115
1970#4,86211
1960#2,60122
1950#1,55636
1940#1,42129
1930#1,13443
1920#1,48630
1910#2,0207
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Hortensia, counting every spelling?

Hortensia has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Hortensia?

About 700 people born in the US named Hortensia are alive today, with a median age of 69; half are between 58 and 78. That makes Hortensia 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.

Hortensia by state

How common Hortensia was among girls born in each state in 1926–1930, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (38.1×), California (11.3×), Texas (7.4×). In 48 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: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: 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: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 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: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesCA0.51Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 1.7 per 1,000 babiesAZ1.7New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesTX0.33Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Hortensia, girls, 1926–1930. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Hortensia

How popular is the name Hortensia?

Hortensia was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 909th with 66 babies. More babies were named Hortensia in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Hortensia a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,794 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Hortensia most popular?

In 1926–1930, Hortensia was most common in Arizona (1.72 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Texas.