girl's name

Hortence

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 365

Hortence is a girl's name. In 1948 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1920, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1909.

Hortence over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 1940s. The striped bar is the 1940s, still in progress — it covers 1940 to 1948, not a full ten years.

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Births named Hortence by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 7
1910s 42
1920s 92
1930s 54
1940s (to 1948) 5

How popular is Hortence?

In 1948, Hortence was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Hortence is used

United States #5,986 5 in 1948
France #7,538 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Hortence

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Hortence also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Hortence over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Hortence

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Hortence — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Hortence

How popular is the name Hortence?

In 1948, Hortence was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Hortence a girl's or a boy's name?

Hortence is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Hortence most popular?

Hortence peaked in 1920, when 18 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.