Hortencia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- or-TEN-see-a
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Hortencia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “garden”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Hortencia mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Hortensia, from the Roman family name Hortensius
“garden”
Hortensia is also the Spanish word for hydrangea; Hortense de Beauharnais was Napoleon's stepdaughter.
Is Hortencia a girl's or a boy's name?
Hortencia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hortencia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Hortencia, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1925, with 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902.
Half of all the girls named Hortencia in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hortencia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,529 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,097 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,405 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,311 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,175 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,577 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,190 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,292 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,951 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,837 |
| 1960 | 59 | #1,429 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,536 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,480 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,753 |
| 1956 | 46 | #1,559 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,403 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,343 |
| 1953 | 67 | #1,177 |
| 1952 | 66 | #1,170 |
| 1951 | 67 | #1,142 |
| 1950 | 71 | #1,089 |
| 1949 | 67 | #1,103 |
| 1948 | 76 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | 60 | #1,160 |
| 1946 | 60 | #1,100 |
| 1945 | 57 | #1,022 |
| 1944 | 60 | #1,005 |
| 1943 | 55 | #1,076 |
| 1942 | 69 | #946 |
| 1941 | 63 | #924 |
| 1940 | 46 | #1,062 |
| 1939 | 72 | #811 |
| 1938 | 59 | #923 |
| 1937 | 69 | #824 |
| 1936 | 79 | #757 |
| 1935 | 63 | #866 |
| 1934 | 52 | #955 |
| 1933 | 49 | #985 |
| 1932 | 55 | #953 |
| 1931 | 82 | #743 |
| 1930 | 82 | #775 |
| 1929 | 64 | #895 |
| 1928 | 66 | #902 |
| 1927 | 82 | #800 |
| 1926 | 67 | #911 |
| 1925 | 82 | #819 |
| 1924 | 61 | #976 |
| 1923 | 65 | #907 |
| 1922 | 64 | #917 |
| 1921 | 50 | #1,072 |
| 1920 | 50 | #1,048 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,121 |
| 1918 | 38 | #1,214 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,344 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,229 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hortencia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hortencia, updated 20 October 2026.