How Many People Are Named Hortensia?
people named Hortensia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 443,876 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,794 babies named Hortensia in Social Security records from 1896 to 1995, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
66 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of the Roman family name Hortensius, possibly derived from Latin hortus "garden".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hortensia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hortensia alive today is about 67 years old, and 71% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hortensia first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1928, to 66 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1995.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 1995
🏆 Rank History
Hortensia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #909, in 1928.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #909 (1928) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,149 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hortensia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hortensia were born in Texas than in any other state: about 227 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hortensia was given 20.5 times as often in Arizona, 9.8 times in Texas and 6.9 times in California.
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