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Henry

Boys' name · Current perennial

Living in the US
~394,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#5 among boys
Births in 2025
12,040 773,564 since 1880
Typical age
24 years, median

Henry popularity over time

Henry rank by birth year, 1880–2025Henry ranked #9 in 1880 and #5 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #5, in 2025.#10#100#518901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Henry was used most in 2025, when 12,040 babies were given the name. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Henry has spent 110 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #5, on 12,040 births.

Babies named Henry per yearPeaks at 12,040 births in 2025.12,040 in 2025018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Henry?

An estimated 394,500 living Americans are called Henry. SSA has recorded 773,564 births under the name 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 Henry?

The typical living Henry is 24 years old. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Henry a current perennial name.

Your Henry

Ages of living people named HenryHalf of living Henrys are older than 24 and half younger.median 24020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Henry is most common

Henry is 3.8× as common in Vermont as it is nationally. District of Columbia, Wyoming and New Hampshire follow.

Where Henry is used more than average5 states use the name Henry more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: 2.7× the national rateMEVermont: 3.8× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 2.7× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.9× the national rateWYSouth 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: 3.1× the national rateDCOklahoma: 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 Henry is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Vermont 291 3.8×
District of Columbia 632 3.1×
Wyoming 211 2.9×
New Hampshire 706 2.7×
Maine 624 2.7×

Henry in England and Wales

ONS recorded 2,295 births named Henry in 2025, ranking it #13. That is 20% lower than five years earlier.

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

Where the name Henry comes from

From Middle English Henry, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Frankish *Haimrik, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognate with German Heinrich, Dutch Hendrik, Estonian Hendrik, and Old Norse Heimríkr (Danish Henrik).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Henry

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Henry Ford American business magnate 1863–1947 200
Henry David Thoreau American essayist, poet, and philosopher 1817–1862 145
Henry Kissinger American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 1923–2023 144
Henry VIII King of England from 1509 to 1547 1491–1547 118
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American poet and educator 1807–1882 116
Henry Dunant Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross 1828–1910 107
Henry James American and British writer 1843–1916 100
Henry Fonda American actor 1905–1982 99
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 3,197 in 1911 to 5,673 in 1912 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

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 Henry

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

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Henry was in 2025.

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