Henry

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #5 for boys in 2025, 12,020 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#5
2025 · 12,020 births
Debut · boys
1880
2,444 births
In top 100 · boys
110 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
768,945
since 1880

Henry over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201952boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,91720#512,020
2024#7,59414#611,596
2023#10,3129#810,996
2022#8,54212#711,272
2021#7,25015#911,370
2020#7,96913#910,793
2019#10,4739#1310,768
2018#7,10016#1610,714
2017#9,34111#1910,482
2016#8,87512#2210,390
2015#10,14810#2910,186
2014#10,12910#339,442
2013#11,0009#378,885
2012#10,42910#448,075
2011#13,3477#577,235
2010#12,2768#676,408
2009#12,4298#715,899
2008#11,5999#785,788
2007#17,6365#905,126
2006#13,6067#954,677
2005#7,89114#1024,186
2004#6,76817#1093,928
2003#12,4087#1153,484
2002—#1153,339
2001#11,0208#1203,206
2000#13,1546#1263,127
1999#11,3857#1292,928
1998#14,1225#1352,801
1997#10,8367#1392,657
1996#8,13210#1392,556
1995#13,3865#1362,544
1994#10,5697#1452,420
1993#5,95515#1362,486
1992#8,7349#1412,344
1991#6,97612#1432,260
1990#4,86819#1382,253
1989#5,28616#1412,174
1988#5,32115#1402,082
1987#4,47418#1372,088
1986#3,64523#1391,996
1985#4,86015#1372,068
1984#4,31817#1352,032
1983#3,06527#1361,952
1982#4,52716#1342,080
1981#3,62522#1262,185
1980#3,85320#1352,071
1979#4,23117#1381,947
1978#4,24216#1272,043
1977#4,42515#1262,134
1976#3,09523#1222,127
1975#2,88125#1242,090
1974#2,43331#1152,319
1973#3,12221#1112,357
1972#2,59827#1182,418
1971#3,26620#1122,949
1970#2,77925#1043,127
1969#2,84422#1003,055
1968#2,43126#953,129
1967#2,43225#933,332
1966#2,19129#923,575
1965#2,46424#943,801
1964#2,60023#924,124
1963#2,30627#944,184
1962#2,31227#924,346
1961#1,72044#924,620
1960#1,81139#844,968
1959#1,85236#835,061
1958#2,07329#835,157
1957#1,80836#755,733
1956#1,71738#715,971
1955#1,73336#616,187
1954#1,58541#596,402
1953#1,53141#546,662
1952#1,68034#506,974
1951#1,58336#477,120
1950#1,60234#476,963
1949#1,60334#467,183
1948#1,25053#457,421
1947#1,35746#467,807
1946#1,39439#417,317
1945#1,14247#376,606
1944#1,11549#356,975
1943#1,18147#317,631
1942#96865#317,561
1941#90366#287,165
1940#96355#316,822
1939#1,02248#316,561
1938#97253#306,557
1937#82469#306,668
1936#94153#286,447
1935#87462#276,856
1934#87560#276,735
1933#94752#246,726
1932#83068#237,470
1931#74382#227,805
1930#70696#228,594
1929#698100#218,571
1928#79481#219,313
1927#706105#199,871
1926#702106#199,994
1925#704110#1810,618
1924#76196#1811,195
1923#81181#1811,067
1922#81980#1711,207
1921#74297#1711,411
1920#89466#1711,305
1919#71296#1610,613
1918#76687#1611,354
1917#77280#1510,696
1916#75082#1410,656
1915#77872#1410,138
1914#74759#128,110
1913#88136#126,391
1912#91930#125,643
1911#79030#113,167
1910#81228#102,899
1909#77327#112,411
1908#74227#112,283
1907#1,03714#102,203
1906#76523#112,112
1905#84819#112,126
1904#96514#102,085
1903#81318#111,922
1902#93614#102,154
1901#79517#101,870
1900#72525#102,606
1899#68021#101,831
1898#84016#112,145
1897#82615#101,994
1896#87214#102,183
1895#81515#92,221
1894#71917#92,278
1893#57124#112,162
1892#56524#102,452
1891#55922#102,049
1890#59919#92,349
1889#60018#112,286
1888#50325#102,596
1887#73310#82,228
1886#60614#92,404
1885#48419#82,406
1884#64011#92,474
1883#56112#82,383
1882#44617#92,579
1881#47013#82,339
1880#51811#92,444
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Henry was already there! It came in at #9, and was given to 2,444 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1909, when fewer than 2,700 boys a year got the name.

See more about Henry
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#6 → #5)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#9 → #5)
  • 24 spots since 2015 (#29 → #5)
  • Biggest jump: 13 spots in 2012 (#57 → #44)
  • Biggest drop: 11 spots in 1979 (#127 → #138)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #5 (12,020 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: 29 yrs · run 1880–1888
  • Top 100: 110 yrs · run 1880–1969
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 43
  • Highest: 1 in 43 boys born in 1881 were named Henry (2.3%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142 boys born in 2025 (0.70%)
  • Its best rank, #5 in 2025, was only 1 in 142 (0.70%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.6% of all boys named Henry (104,552) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #8 (1885) → #145 (1994) → #5 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24,139#8 (1885)#9
1890s21,664#9 (1890)#10
1900s21,772#10 (1900)#11
1910s79,667#10 (1910)#13
1920s104,552#17 (1921)#19
1930s70,419#22 (1930)#26
1940s72,488#28 (1941)#37
1950s62,230#47 (1951)#63
1960s39,134#84 (1960)#93
1970s23,511#104 (1970)#120
1980s20,728#126 (1981)#136
1990s25,249#129 (1999)#138
2000s42,760#71 (2009)#102
2010s92,585#13 (2019)#34
2020s68,047#5 (2025)#7

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.

Henry in 1952

girls
#1,680
34 births · 1 in 54,539 girls
boys
#50
6,974 births · 1 in 279 boys

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #1,680Henry34

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #50Henry6,974
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 54,539 of them was named Henry, which outranked 73.7% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Henry
  1. #1,641Tereasa35
  2. #1,641Willene35
  3. #1,641Zora35
  4. #1,680Henry34
  5. #1,680Annis34
  6. #1,680Ardella34
  7. #1,680Arlette34
  8. #1,713Alexandria33
  9. #1,713Blenda33
  10. #1,713Christeen33

Tied with 32 names at #1,680; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

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

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 279 of them was named Henry, which outranked 98.8% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Henry
  1. #47Arthur7,236
  2. #48Willie7,197
  3. #49Keith7,174
  4. #50Henry6,974
  5. #51Harold6,957
  6. #52Jack6,937
  7. #53Johnny6,771
Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 753Darren#1,598 → #845
  2. ↑ 372Robby#1,242 → #870
  3. ↑ 355Cris#1,218 → #863
  4. ↑ 301Ethan#1,295 → #994
  5. ↑ 280Adan#1,150 → #870
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Ottis#984 → #1,461
  2. ↓ 408Wayland#915 → #1,323
  3. ↓ 330Mcarthur#806 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 305Arvin#963 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 285Levon#881 → #1,166

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

See the top 100 for 1952 →