Hence

Last seen for boys in 1947 at #3,733

Peak · boys
1880 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
66
since 1880

Hence over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hence has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #809, 1880boys
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1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hence was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hence
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1947
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1880
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,415
  • Highest: 1 in 18,415 boys born in 1880 were named Hence (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 365,920 boys born in 1947 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 60.6% of all boys named Hence (40) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#809 (1880)#809
1890s0
1900s5#1,253 (1906)#1,253
1910s5#2,821 (1913)#2,821
1920s40#3,408 (1925)#3,925
1930s0
1940s10#3,538 (1943)#3,636

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hence in 1880

boys
#809
6 births · 1 in 18,415 boys

Top boys' names in 1880

  1. #1John9,655
  2. #2William9,532
  3. #3James5,927
  4. #4Charles5,348
  5. #5George5,126
  6. #6Frank3,242
  7. #7Joseph2,632
  8. #8Thomas2,534
  9. #9Henry2,444
  10. #10Robert2,415
  11. #809Hence6
More about 1880

boys

110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 18,415 of them was named Hence, which outranked 23.5% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hence
  1. #745Watt7
  2. #745Weaver7
  3. #745Wilton7
  4. #809Hence6
  5. #809Adolf6
  6. #809Albin6
  7. #809Albion6
  8. #909Ab5
  9. #909Abbott5
  10. #909Agustus5

Tied with 99 names at #809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880