Hortence is a very rare variant of Hortense that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Hortence is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1948. Hortence was first reported in SSA data in 1909 and peaked in 1920 (18 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,560 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,796 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #4,042 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #4,524 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,896 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,489 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,923 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | #3,652 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,844 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,515 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,576 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,698 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #5,195 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | #2,544 |
| 1924 | 10 | — | #3,242 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #5,279 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #5,346 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #3,029 |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #2,114 |
| 1919 | 14 | — | #2,439 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | #2,586 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,410 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #3,171 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,571 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,858 |