Girls' name · since 1990
Henchy
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 234 babies named Henchy, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,078 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 234
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Henchy is the #8078 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 234 recorded since 1990.
Henchy has 234 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8078 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #18,230 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,078 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 234 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Henchy ranks #18,230 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,078 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 234 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,078 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 234
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Henchy's 234 recorded births place it above 74.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Henchy compares
234 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Henchy's all-time total is 38% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Henchy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 234 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Henchy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Henchy's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Henchy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Henchy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (102 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Henchy's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Henchy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 102 births (44% of all-time use).
Henchy by state
Where Henchy concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 186 | 79.5% |
186 of 234 births nationwide.
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What to do with Henchy's data
- Henchy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (102 total births) through the 2020s (47) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Henchys (186 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Henchy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Henchy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.