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Henrik

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~4,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,060 among boys
Births in 2025
206 4,224 since 1880
Typical age
8 years, median

Henrik popularity over time

Henrik rank by birth year, 1935–2025Henrik ranked #3,645 in 1935 and #1,060 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #758, in 2018.#1,000#1,06019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1935–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Henrik in 2018 than in any other year — 313 of them. 1935 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Henrik has ranked inside the top 1,000 in 11 years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #1,060, with 206 births that year. The ten-year change is -23%. Year on year the rank dropped by 141.

Babies named Henrik per yearPeaks at 313 births in 2018.313 in 2018019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Henrik?

Roughly 4,200 Henriks are alive in the US right now. That is out of 4,224 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Henrik?

Half of living Henriks are older than 8, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Henrik a current name.

Your Henrik

Ages of living people named HenrikHalf of living Henriks are older than 8 and half younger.median 8020406080
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Henrik is most common

Henrik is 10.0× as common in Minnesota as it is nationally. North Dakota, Michigan and Wisconsin follow.

Where Henrik is used more than average5 states use the name Henrik more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.5× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: 9.2× the national rateNDMinnesota: 10.0× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: 4.0× the national rateWIMichigan: 5.2× the national rateMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Henrik is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Minnesota 354 10.0×
North Dakota 44 9.2×
Michigan 312 5.2×
Wisconsin 135 4.0×
Washington 119 2.5×

Henrik in England and Wales

ONS recorded 15 births named Henrik in 2025, ranking it #1,705.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Henrik

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Henrik Ibsen Norwegian playwright and theatre director 1828–1906 169
Henrik Pontoppidan Danish writer, Nobel Laureate 1857–1943 90
Henrik Dam Danish biochemist and physiologist 1895–1976 61
Henrik Larsson Swedish association football player and manager and floorball player 1971 59
Henrik Wergeland Norwegian writer 1808–1845 44
Henrik Kristoffersen Norwegian alpine skier 1994 35
Henrik Dalsgaard Danish association football player 1989 32
Henrik Sedin Swedish ice hockey player 1980 29
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Henrik

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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