Hortense
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #8,156
- Peak · girls
- 1903 · 72 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,313since 1880
Hortense over time
Rank among girls' names. Hortense has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1952 | #1,487 | 42 |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 |
| 1950 | #1,911 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,543 | 36 |
| 1948 | #1,386 | 44 |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 |
| 1946 | #1,306 | 44 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,228 | 43 |
| 1942 | #1,153 | 47 |
| 1941 | #948 | 60 |
| 1940 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1939 | #974 | 53 |
| 1938 | #914 | 60 |
| 1937 | #1,048 | 46 |
| 1936 | #901 | 57 |
| 1935 | #785 | 74 |
| 1934 | #925 | 55 |
| 1933 | #732 | 81 |
| 1932 | #703 | 93 |
| 1931 | #667 | 99 |
| 1930 | #710 | 95 |
| 1929 | #630 | 120 |
| 1928 | #604 | 135 |
| 1927 | #577 | 151 |
| 1926 | #530 | 174 |
| 1925 | #533 | 178 |
| 1924 | #478 | 212 |
| 1923 | #522 | 182 |
| 1922 | #484 | 202 |
| 1921 | #466 | 217 |
| 1920 | #452 | 223 |
| 1919 | #435 | 229 |
| 1918 | #452 | 218 |
| 1917 | #482 | 185 |
| 1916 | #444 | 202 |
| 1915 | #414 | 209 |
| 1914 | #421 | 161 |
| 1913 | #396 | 150 |
| 1912 | #401 | 133 |
| 1911 | #396 | 104 |
| 1910 | #390 | 102 |
| 1909 | #391 | 87 |
| 1908 | #436 | 69 |
| 1907 | #462 | 60 |
| 1906 | #423 | 65 |
| 1905 | #426 | 63 |
| 1904 | #412 | 61 |
| 1903 | #376 | 72 |
| 1902 | #445 | 49 |
| 1901 | #421 | 51 |
| 1900 | #429 | 60 |
| 1899 | #424 | 47 |
| 1898 | #437 | 49 |
| 1897 | #379 | 58 |
| 1896 | #409 | 49 |
| 1895 | #397 | 50 |
| 1894 | #377 | 55 |
| 1893 | #391 | 47 |
| 1892 | #434 | 38 |
| 1891 | #457 | 31 |
| 1890 | #475 | 30 |
| 1889 | #499 | 25 |
| 1888 | #413 | 36 |
| 1887 | #512 | 19 |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 |
| 1885 | #470 | 20 |
| 1884 | #501 | 17 |
| 1883 | #386 | 23 |
| 1882 | #458 | 16 |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 |
| 1880 | #449 | 14 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hortense was already there! It came in at #449, and was given to 14 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Hortense is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#191 · 1 in 1,354
- Virginia#274 · 1 in 2,367
- New York#344 · 1 in 4,480
- California#349 · 1 in 2,779
- Texas#379 · 1 in 2,300
Best ever in a state: #122 in Arizona, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #191 | 10 | 1 in 1,354 |
| Virginia | #274 | 11 | 1 in 2,367 |
| New York | #344 | 22 | 1 in 4,480 |
| California | #349 | 13 | 1 in 2,779 |
| Texas | #379 | 26 | 1 in 2,300 |
| Florida | #382 | 5 | 1 in 3,348 |
| Arkansas | #428 | 6 | 1 in 3,438 |
| Ohio | #465 | 7 | 1 in 7,760 |
| Missouri | #484 | 5 | 1 in 6,051 |
| Louisiana | #486 | 5 | 1 in 4,765 |
| Georgia | #495 | 5 | 1 in 6,344 |
| Illinois | #570 | 6 | 1 in 9,923 |
| Pennsylvania | #598 | 6 | 1 in 15,251 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Hortense
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
- Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1941 (#1,097 → #948)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1942 (#948 → #1,153)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1903 at #376 (72 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 41 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1880–1936
- Highest: 1 in 3,638 girls born in 1903 were named Hortense (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,183 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
- 28.4% of all girls named Hortense (1,794) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 199 | #386 (1883) | #471 |
| 1890s | 454 | #377 (1894) | #418 |
| 1900s | 637 | #376 (1903) | #422 |
| 1910s | 1,693 | #390 (1910) | #423 |
| 1920s | 1,794 | #452 (1920) | #528 |
| 1930s | 713 | #667 (1931) | #836 |
| 1940s | 424 | #948 (1941) | #1,294 |
| 1950s | 266 | #1,434 (1951) | #2,162 |
| 1960s | 104 | #3,095 (1960) | #4,378 |
| 1970s | 29 | #6,619 (1971) | #7,826 |
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.
Hortense in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 6,813 of them was named Hortense, which outranked 90.6% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #526Rosalyn176
- #528Dawn175
- #528Harriette175
- #530Hortense174
- #530Filomena174
- #530Petra174
- #533Freida172
- #534Sandra171
- #534Valerie171
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.