How rare is the name Hortencia?

9,071 people in the United States have the first name Hortencia, about 1 in 33,296. It ranks #2,622 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HORTENCIA

#2,622

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,071
About
1 in 33,296
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,071 people named Hortencia, 98% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hortencia peaked in 1925, when 82 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19022025
Peak year
1925
Births that year
82
In 2025*
6 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,969 babies have been given the name since 1902. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hortencia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,555. The largest share of babies named Hortencia, 28.8%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1900s#3,56121
1910s#2,500222
1920s#1,687651
1930s#1,555662
1940s#1,835613
1950s#2,256563
1960s#3,228343
1970s#3,879325
1980s#5,608242
1990s#8,872175
2000s#18,40382
2010s#24,75348
2020s#26,00922
Greatest Generation 1901–2719.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4528.8%
Baby boom 1946–6425.7%
Generation X 1965–8012.7%
Millennials 1981–968.8%
Generation Z 1997–123.4%
2013 and later1.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hortencia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hortencia has been most common in Texas (9.1×), Arizona (3.5×), and California (2.5×), and least common in California (2.5×).

3,283 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Hortencia

#2,620 Brinley · 9,080#2,621 Fabio · 9,077#2,623 Ami · 9,067#2,624 Gayla · 9,065

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hortencia, most common first.

#5,271 Hortensia · 3,295#51,981 Hortence · 110

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