Hortensia

girls:

1.8k births since 1896

#3988 (30th percentile)

overall:

1.8k births since 1896

#5960 (23rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Hortensia is the #5,960 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,794 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 23.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,988 (30.2% percentile) for all time with 1,794 births since 1896.

Hortensia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 (first recorded for girls in 1896). Birth data for Hortensia is available in 82 out of the 100 years between 1896 and 1995. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Hortensia reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 10.1% percentile (ranked #545) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 55 births per million (ranked 10.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1995.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hortensia".

1896 1995 18961995

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,794
Peak Births
66
Peak Year
1928
First Recorded
1896
Peak Percentile
10.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#545
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Hortensia

Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Hortensia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 24.4% confident that Hortensia is pronounced as hor-TEHN-shuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hor-TEHN-see-uh, at 22.0% confidence, with 4 syllables.

hor-TEHN-shuh (3 syllables)
24.4% confidence
HH AO0 R T EH1 N SH AH0
hor-TEHN-see-uh (4 syllables)
22.0% confidence
HH AO0 R T EH1 N S IY0 AH0
or-TEHN-syuh (3 syllables)
17.1% confidence
AO0 R T EH1 N S Y AH0
or-TEHN-shuh (3 syllables)
9.8% confidence
AO0 R T EH1 N SH AH0
hor-TEHN-zee-uh (4 syllables)
9.8% confidence
HH AO0 R T EH1 N Z IY0 AH0
hor-TEHN-zhuh (3 syllables)
7.3% confidence
HH AO0 R T EH1 N ZH AH0
hor-TEHN-syuh (3 syllables)
4.9% confidence
HH AO0 R T EH1 N S Y AH0
or-TEH-nzyuh (3 syllables)
4.9% confidence
AO0 R T EH1 N Z Y AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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