Hortense is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Hortense is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1976. Hortense was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (229 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | — | #8,508 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #9,582 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #7,600 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #6,862 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,446 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | #4,537 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | #5,849 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,407 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #4,629 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #6,066 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | #4,460 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #4,365 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #3,874 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #3,673 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | #3,138 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | #3,317 |
| 1958 | 25 | — | #2,283 |
| 1957 | 22 | — | #2,439 |
| 1956 | 22 | — | #2,417 |
| 1955 | 25 | — | #2,181 |
| 1954 | 26 | — | #2,096 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | #2,259 |
| 1952 | 42 | — | #1,490 |
| 1951 | 43 | — | #1,444 |
| 1950 | 25 | — | #1,930 |
| 1949 | 36 | — | #1,553 |
| 1948 | 44 | — | #1,394 |
| 1947 | 45 | — | #1,384 |
| 1946 | 44 | — | #1,311 |
| 1945 | 31 | — | #1,462 |
| 1944 | 31 | — | #1,468 |
| 1943 | 43 | — | #1,238 |
| 1942 | 47 | — | #1,157 |
| 1941 | 60 | — | #950 |
| 1940 | 43 | — | #1,107 |
| 1939 | 53 | — | #980 |
| 1938 | 60 | — | #919 |
| 1937 | 46 | — | #1,055 |
| 1936 | 57 | — | #904 |
| 1935 | 74 | — | #786 |
| 1934 | 55 | — | #928 |
| 1933 | 81 | — | #734 |
| 1932 | 93 | — | #707 |
| 1931 | 99 | — | #669 |
| 1930 | 95 | — | #713 |
| 1929 | 120 | — | #631 |
| 1928 | 135 | — | #606 |
| 1927 | 151 | — | #577 |
| 1926 | 174 | — | #531 |
| 1925 | 178 | — | #533 |
| 1924 | 212 | — | #479 |
| 1923 | 182 | — | #522 |
| 1922 | 202 | — | #486 |
| 1921 | 217 | — | #466 |
| 1920 | 223 | — | #452 |
| 1919 | 229 | — | #436 |
| 1918 | 218 | — | #453 |
| 1917 | 185 | — | #484 |
| 1916 | 202 | — | #444 |
| 1915 | 209 | — | #415 |
| 1914 | 161 | — | #421 |
| 1913 | 150 | — | #396 |
| 1912 | 133 | — | #401 |
| 1911 | 104 | — | #396 |
| 1910 | 102 | — | #392 |
| 1909 | 87 | — | #392 |
| 1908 | 69 | — | #436 |
| 1907 | 60 | — | #464 |
| 1906 | 65 | — | #425 |
| 1905 | 63 | — | #428 |
| 1904 | 61 | — | #415 |
| 1903 | 72 | — | #378 |
| 1902 | 49 | — | #447 |
| 1901 | 51 | — | #424 |
| 1900 | 60 | — | #429 |
| 1899 | 47 | — | #425 |
| 1898 | 49 | — | #437 |
| 1897 | 58 | — | #379 |
| 1896 | 49 | — | #410 |
| 1895 | 50 | — | #399 |
| 1894 | 55 | — | #378 |
| 1893 | 47 | — | #392 |
| 1892 | 38 | — | #436 |
| 1891 | 31 | — | #463 |
| 1890 | 30 | — | #478 |
| 1889 | 25 | — | #502 |
| 1888 | 36 | — | #417 |
| 1887 | 19 | — | #517 |
| 1886 | 15 | — | #587 |
| 1885 | 20 | — | #474 |
| 1884 | 17 | — | #509 |
| 1883 | 23 | — | #389 |
| 1882 | 16 | — | #465 |
| 1881 | 14 | — | #456 |
| 1880 | 14 | — | #457 |