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Hortense

Girl

Origin of the name

Hortense comes from the Latin Hortensia, from hortus, “garden.” Hortense de Beauharnais, queen of Holland and mother of Napoleon III, bore it.

Short-lived name

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1919 was its best year: 229 births, or 1 baby in 9,215. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 0 births a year. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.
6,313births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 435rank at its peak, in 1919

Where babies named Hortense are born

1919

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The darker the blue, the more common Hortense is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Hortense is most common in Texas (4.2 times), Virginia (2.9) and New York (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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