Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Hortense

Gender

Female

Origin

Latin
Gardener

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Hortense

Pronunciation

ho-rten-se, hor-te-nse

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1919 (rank #435, 229 births); most recent 1976 (rank #8151, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
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2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
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Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1952 (rank #842, 4 births); most recent 1968 (rank #1506, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #164, 411 births); most recent 2023 (rank #170, 374 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–374
2022–370
2021–411
2020–299
2019–282
2018–268
2017–231
2016–227
2015–252
2014–211

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence