Henderson

#2,604 for boys in 2025, 50 births

Peak · boys
#332
1882 · 27 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,293
since 1880

Henderson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Henderson has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #332, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,60450
2024#2,07872
2023#2,80545
2022#2,00076
2021#2,69547
2020#2,39255
2019#2,42155
2018#3,52431
2017#3,44032
2016#3,59630
2015#3,36533
2014#3,09036
2013#4,31322
2012#4,86219
2011#4,22123
2010#3,99425
2009#4,42922
2008#3,82327
2007#5,43416
2006#7,9989
2005#4,19821
2004#7,5369
2003#4,42618
2002#4,50217
2001#4,89015
2000#3,92220
1999#5,03513
1998#3,39022
1997#4,45114
1996#4,39614
1995#5,12411
1994#3,59618
1993#4,44713
1992#3,74816
1991#3,46217
1990#3,60716
1989#3,09419
1988#3,52314
1987#3,07216
1986#3,13115
1985#2,71018
1984#3,70111
1983#2,78716
1982#2,26922
1981#3,03014
1980#3,83810
1979#2,46519
1978#2,56817
1977#2,66516
1976#2,82614
1975#2,63715
1974#2,94612
1973#1,98221
1972#2,65913
1971#2,81312
1970#2,50914
1969#1,76722
1968#1,83619
1967#1,65222
1966#1,48427
1965#1,91817
1964#1,97517
1963#1,74421
1962#1,47928
1961#1,40632
1960#2,21014
1959#1,43930
1958#1,44629
1957#1,67323
1956#1,60824
1955#1,25536
1954#1,24236
1953#1,15541
1952#1,24535
1951#1,04047
1950#1,00648
1949#1,07243
1948#1,14539
1947#1,10843
1946#1,15736
1945#1,01639
1944#97444
1943#1,07440
1942#1,13936
1941#96044
1940#1,06737
1939#90447
1938#1,00940
1937#1,07436
1936#97241
1935#1,07836
1934#94245
1933#96143
1932#91550
1931#1,03142
1930#1,11639
1929#95250
1928#84661
1927#84963
1926#90255
1925#85860
1924#83866
1923#84664
1922#86363
1921#89061
1920#75476
1919#83961
1918#68483
1917#73971
1916#70871
1915#77660
1914#85540
1913#73440
1912#72535
1911#82416
1910#67719
1909#55822
1908#58519
1907#69914
1906#54718
1905#43025
1904#51518
1903#7839
1902#49019
1901#63711
1900#53420
1899#58312
1898#48518
1897#68110
1896#51816
1895#38325
1894#50216
1893#40120
1892#41521
1891#44116
1890#51114
1889#40520
1888#55413
1887#46114
1886#45116
1885#52113
1884#45017
1883#46015
1882#33227
1881#48713
1880#52612
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.

See more about Henderson
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s160#332 (1882)#465
1890s168#383 (1895)#492
1900s175#430 (1905)#578
1910s496#677 (1910)#756
1920s619#754 (1920)#860
1930s419#904 (1939)#1,000
1940s401#960 (1941)#1,071
1950s349#1,006 (1950)#1,311
1960s219#1,406 (1961)#1,747
1970s153#1,982 (1973)#2,607
1980s155#2,269 (1982)#3,116
1990s154#3,390 (1998)#4,126
2000s174#3,823 (2008)#5,116
2010s306#2,421 (2019)#3,683
2020s345#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.

Henderson in 1947

boys
#1,108
43 births · 1 in 42,549 boys

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #1,108Henderson43
More about 1947

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 42,549 of them was named Henderson, which outranked 74.0% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Henderson
  1. #1,093Niles44
  2. #1,093Oran44
  3. #1,093Thornton44
  4. #1,108Henderson43
  5. #1,108Adolphus43
  6. #1,108Brice43
  7. #1,108Chauncey43
  8. #1,116Abram42
  9. #1,116Authur42
  10. #1,116Cesar42

Tied with 7 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1947 →