Hortense

Girl · recorded 1880–1976

  • 1976last recorded
  • 1903best year

Most popular in 1903.

Last recorded in 1976. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

013827518801904192819521976

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 95 recorded years as a table
Hortense, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880154
1881152
1882148
1883205
1884132
1885150
1886104
1887130
1888202
1889140
1890158
1891167
1892179
1893221
1894247
1895214
1896206
1897248
1898189
1899202
1900200
1901213
1902186
1903275
1904222
1905216
1906220
1907188
1908206
1909251
1910257
1911249
1912238
1913240
1914211
1915212
1916193
1917171
1918188
1919203
1920186
1921176
1922168
1923151
1924170
1925146
1926147
1927127
1928117
1929107
193084
193193
193287
193380
193453
193571
193655
193743
193854
193948
194038
194150
194235
194331
194423
194524
194628
194725
194826
194921
195015
195124
195223
195312
195413
195513
195611
195711
195812
19597
19608
19616
19626
19635
19645
19653
19665
19676
19684
19697
19703
19714
19724
19753
19764

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hortense isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1976
6
Rank in 1976
#8,156
How rare
1 in 244,183 girls
Since 1880
6,313

Hortense was last recorded in 1976. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1903, at 275 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Hortense doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.