Hortencia
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 82 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,969since 1902
Hortencia over time
Rank among girls' names. Hortencia has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 |
| 1981 | #2,529 | 37 |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #2,390 | 37 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 |
| 1967 | #2,117 | 31 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 |
| 1959 | #1,537 | 50 |
| 1958 | #1,481 | 52 |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 |
| 1956 | #1,560 | 46 |
| 1955 | #1,404 | 51 |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,178 | 67 |
| 1952 | #1,171 | 66 |
| 1951 | #1,143 | 67 |
| 1950 | #1,090 | 71 |
| 1949 | #1,104 | 67 |
| 1948 | #1,001 | 76 |
| 1947 | #1,161 | 60 |
| 1946 | #1,101 | 60 |
| 1945 | #1,022 | 57 |
| 1944 | #1,005 | 60 |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 |
| 1942 | #946 | 69 |
| 1941 | #924 | 63 |
| 1940 | #1,062 | 46 |
| 1939 | #811 | 72 |
| 1938 | #923 | 59 |
| 1937 | #824 | 69 |
| 1936 | #757 | 79 |
| 1935 | #866 | 63 |
| 1934 | #955 | 52 |
| 1933 | #985 | 49 |
| 1932 | #953 | 55 |
| 1931 | #743 | 82 |
| 1930 | #775 | 82 |
| 1929 | #895 | 64 |
| 1928 | #902 | 66 |
| 1927 | #800 | 82 |
| 1926 | #911 | 67 |
| 1925 | #819 | 82 |
| 1924 | #976 | 61 |
| 1923 | #907 | 65 |
| 1922 | #917 | 64 |
| 1921 | #1,072 | 50 |
| 1920 | #1,048 | 50 |
| 1919 | #1,121 | 43 |
| 1918 | #1,214 | 38 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Hortencia! It came in at #1,438, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Hortencia
- 2,085 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #13,208)
- Biggest jump: 157 spots in 1925 (#976 → #819)
- Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1940 (#811 → #1,062)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1931 at #743 (82 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1922–1939
- Highest: 1 in 12,984 girls born in 1931 were named Hortencia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.7% of all girls named Hortencia (662) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 21 | #1,438 (1902) | #1,657 |
| 1910s | 222 | #1,121 (1919) | #1,595 |
| 1920s | 651 | #800 (1927) | #925 |
| 1930s | 662 | #743 (1931) | #859 |
| 1940s | 613 | #924 (1941) | #1,040 |
| 1950s | 563 | #1,090 (1950) | #1,366 |
| 1960s | 343 | #1,430 (1960) | #2,064 |
| 1970s | 325 | #2,097 (1975) | #2,485 |
| 1980s | 242 | #2,529 (1981) | #3,767 |
| 1990s | 175 | #4,003 (1990) | #5,865 |
| 2000s | 82 | #8,237 (2006) | #11,493 |
| 2010s | 48 | #10,689 (2017) | #13,565 |
| 2020s | 22 | #13,208 (2025) | #14,322 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hortencia in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 18,766 of them was named Hortencia, which outranked 84.2% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #906Margarete65
- #906Verlie65
- #906Willene65
- #917Hortencia64
- #917Burnice64
- #917Dimple64
- #917Gerry64
- #932Almeta63
- #932Hildegarde63
- #932Jamie63
Tied with 14 names at #917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.