Henderson — #2071 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Henderson

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,242 babies named Henderson between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Henderson currently holds the #2071 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Henderson performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 619 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Henderson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 195 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Henderson in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Henderson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,242 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.