Hortencia
Meaning
“The Spanish form of Hortensia, from the Roman family name Hortensius, related to Latin hortus, garden.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hortencia has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
5,436 people · the #2,593 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 37,037 · median age 35
Among people named Hortencia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 57 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Hortencia
People given the name Hortencia in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1940 to 1989. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Hortencia deep dive
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