Henderson
#2,604 for boys in 2025, 50 births
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,293since 1880
Henderson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Henderson has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,604 | 50 |
| 2024 | #2,078 | 72 |
| 2023 | #2,805 | 45 |
| 2022 | #2,000 | 76 |
| 2021 | #2,695 | 47 |
| 2020 | #2,392 | 55 |
| 2019 | #2,421 | 55 |
| 2018 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2017 | #3,440 | 32 |
| 2016 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #3,365 | 33 |
| 2014 | #3,090 | 36 |
| 2013 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #4,862 | 19 |
| 2011 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2009 | #4,429 | 22 |
| 2008 | #3,823 | 27 |
| 2007 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #1,982 | 21 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #1,767 | 22 |
| 1968 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #1,484 | 27 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 32 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #1,439 | 30 |
| 1958 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #1,608 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,242 | 36 |
| 1953 | #1,155 | 41 |
| 1952 | #1,245 | 35 |
| 1951 | #1,040 | 47 |
| 1950 | #1,006 | 48 |
| 1949 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1948 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1947 | #1,108 | 43 |
| 1946 | #1,157 | 36 |
| 1945 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1944 | #974 | 44 |
| 1943 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1942 | #1,139 | 36 |
| 1941 | #960 | 44 |
| 1940 | #1,067 | 37 |
| 1939 | #904 | 47 |
| 1938 | #1,009 | 40 |
| 1937 | #1,074 | 36 |
| 1936 | #972 | 41 |
| 1935 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1934 | #942 | 45 |
| 1933 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #915 | 50 |
| 1931 | #1,031 | 42 |
| 1930 | #1,116 | 39 |
| 1929 | #952 | 50 |
| 1928 | #846 | 61 |
| 1927 | #849 | 63 |
| 1926 | #902 | 55 |
| 1925 | #858 | 60 |
| 1924 | #838 | 66 |
| 1923 | #846 | 64 |
| 1922 | #863 | 63 |
| 1921 | #890 | 61 |
| 1920 | #754 | 76 |
| 1919 | #839 | 61 |
| 1918 | #684 | 83 |
| 1917 | #739 | 71 |
| 1916 | #708 | 71 |
| 1915 | #776 | 60 |
| 1914 | #855 | 40 |
| 1913 | #734 | 40 |
| 1912 | #725 | 35 |
| 1911 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | #677 | 19 |
| 1909 | #558 | 22 |
| 1908 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | #699 | 14 |
| 1906 | #547 | 18 |
| 1905 | #430 | 25 |
| 1904 | #515 | 18 |
| 1903 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #490 | 19 |
| 1901 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #534 | 20 |
| 1899 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | #485 | 18 |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #518 | 16 |
| 1895 | #383 | 25 |
| 1894 | #502 | 16 |
| 1893 | #401 | 20 |
| 1892 | #415 | 21 |
| 1891 | #441 | 16 |
| 1890 | #511 | 14 |
| 1889 | #405 | 20 |
| 1888 | #554 | 13 |
| 1887 | #461 | 14 |
| 1886 | #451 | 16 |
| 1885 | #521 | 13 |
| 1884 | #450 | 17 |
| 1883 | #460 | 15 |
| 1882 | #332 | 27 |
| 1881 | #487 | 13 |
| 1880 | #526 | 12 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Henderson was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 526 spots since 2024 (#2,078 → #2,604)
- 212 spots since 2020 (#2,392 → #2,604)
- 761 spots since 2015 (#3,365 → #2,604)
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1904 (#783 → #515)
- Biggest drop: 293 spots in 1903 (#490 → #783)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #332 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1929
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,211
- Highest: 1 in 4,211 boys born in 1882 were named Henderson (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,162 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 14.4% of all boys named Henderson (619) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 160 | #332 (1882) | #465 |
| 1890s | 168 | #383 (1895) | #492 |
| 1900s | 175 | #430 (1905) | #578 |
| 1910s | 496 | #677 (1910) | #756 |
| 1920s | 619 | #754 (1920) | #860 |
| 1930s | 419 | #904 (1939) | #1,000 |
| 1940s | 401 | #960 (1941) | #1,071 |
| 1950s | 349 | #1,006 (1950) | #1,311 |
| 1960s | 219 | #1,406 (1961) | #1,747 |
| 1970s | 153 | #1,982 (1973) | #2,607 |
| 1980s | 155 | #2,269 (1982) | #3,116 |
| 1990s | 154 | #3,390 (1998) | #4,126 |
| 2000s | 174 | #3,823 (2008) | #5,116 |
| 2010s | 306 | #2,421 (2019) | #3,683 |
| 2020s | 345 | #2,000 (2022) | #2,429 |
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.
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