Is Hortense a boy or girl name?
Hortense was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 6,313 US babies named Hortense were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Hortense since 1880
- 6,313
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 229 babies
Boys and girls named Hortense, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 199 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 454 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 637 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 1,693 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 1,794 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 713 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 424 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 266 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 104 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 29 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | – |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 6 | #8,509 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 5 | #9,582 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 6 | #7,599 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 7 | #6,864 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 5 | #8,447 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 11 | #4,538 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 7 | #5,848 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 10 | #4,408 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 9 | #4,629 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 6 | #6,066 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 10 | #4,457 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 10 | #4,365 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 12 | #3,873 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 13 | #3,672 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 16 | #3,138 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 14 | #3,318 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 25 | #2,282 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,439 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,416 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 25 | #2,181 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 26 | #2,095 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,261 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,490 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 43 | #1,444 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 25 | #1,930 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,553 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,394 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,384 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,311 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 31 | #1,462 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 31 | #1,468 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 43 | #1,238 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,157 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 60 | #950 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 43 | #1,107 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 53 | #980 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 60 | #919 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 46 | #1,055 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 57 | #904 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 74 | #786 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 55 | #928 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 81 | #734 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 93 | #707 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 99 | #669 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 95 | #713 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 120 | #631 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 135 | #606 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 151 | #577 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 174 | #531 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 178 | #533 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 212 | #479 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 182 | #522 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 202 | #486 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 217 | #466 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 223 | #452 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 229 | #436 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 218 | #453 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 185 | #484 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 202 | #444 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 209 | #415 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 161 | #421 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 150 | #396 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 133 | #401 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 104 | #396 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 102 | #392 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 87 | #392 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 69 | #436 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 60 | #464 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 65 | #425 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 63 | #428 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 61 | #415 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 72 | #378 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 49 | #447 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 51 | #424 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 60 | #429 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 47 | #425 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 49 | #437 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 58 | #379 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 49 | #410 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 50 | #399 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 55 | #378 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 47 | #392 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 38 | #436 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 31 | #463 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 30 | #478 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 25 | #502 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 36 | #417 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 19 | #517 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 15 | #587 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 20 | #474 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 17 | #509 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 23 | #389 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 16 | #465 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 14 | #456 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 14 | #457 |
Highest rank
Hortense has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #378 in 1894. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Hortense
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.