Hortensia
Hortensia is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 909th, in 1928.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192866 births
- Best rank
- #909in 1928
- Since 1896
- 1,794people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,794 girls have been named Hortensia in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 66 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 66 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Hortensia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 145 | |
| 1920s | 443 | |
| 1930s | 323 | |
| 1940s | 256 | |
| 1950s | 267 | |
| 1960s | 175 | |
| 1970s | 97 | |
| 1980s | 50 | |
| 1990s | 28 |
In 1928, its biggest year
Hortensia was the 909th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1928 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Hortensia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lorrainepeak 1928
- Junitapeak 1926
- Jeanpeak 1927
- Lavonepeak 1924
- Doreathapeak 1928
- Wanitapeak 1924
- Lavernepeak 1924
- Charlinepeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.