Henderson

Where Henderson comes from

From Hendry + -son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Henderson
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #332
    27 babies named Henderson — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #521.
  4. 1917
    Henderson Forsythe born
    American actor
  5. 1990
    Henderson Álvarez born
    Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Henderson Forsythe · American actor, 1917–2006
  • Henderson Álvarez · Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher, born 1990
  • Henderson Lovelace Lanham · American politician, 1888–1957
  • Henderson M. Jacoway · American politician, 1870–1947
  • Henderson Haverfield Carson · American politician, 1893–1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.