Henderson
Henderson was given to 50 boys in 2025, #2,619 among boys’ names; 4,293 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,880 Americans named Henderson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 10 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Henderson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Henderson mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Henderson is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈhɛndɚsən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Henderson?
#2,619 among boys’ names, 2025
Henderson rose from #3,392 in 2015 to #2,619 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 17.2 to 29.3 per million.
83 babies in 1918, the peak
Henderson peaked in 1918, when 83 boys were given it, #687 among boys’ names. The 50 births of 2025 are 60% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,619 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,084 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,819 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 76 | #2,009 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,706 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,400 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,435 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,559 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,473 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,623 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 33 | #3,392 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,110 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,377 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,917 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,267 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 25 | #4,034 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,483 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,858 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,513 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 9 | #8,252 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,242 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,760 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,495 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,572 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,967 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,970 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,131 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,424 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,531 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,471 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,275 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,649 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,542 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,810 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,515 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,667 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,131 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,585 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,110 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,184 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,754 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,790 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,835 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,297 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,102 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,956 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,497 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,600 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,705 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,872 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,681 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 12 | #3,020 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 21 | #2,004 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,728 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,876 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,553 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,783 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,860 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,681 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,491 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,955 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 17 | #2,007 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,766 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,492 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,419 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,257 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,449 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,461 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,693 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,622 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,258 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,254 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 41 | #1,155 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,256 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,045 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,013 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,074 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,150 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,110 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,164 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,023 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 44 | #979 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,080 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,152 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 44 | #963 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,078 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 47 | #908 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,081 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 41 | #981 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,083 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 45 | #945 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 43 | #972 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 50 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 39 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 50 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 61 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 63 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 55 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 60 | #860 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 66 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 64 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 63 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 61 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 76 | #759 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 61 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 83 | #687 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 71 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 71 | #711 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 60 | #780 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 40 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 40 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 35 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 16 | #845 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 19 | #689 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 22 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1908 | 19 | #601 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 14 | #721 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 18 | #554 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 25 | #439 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 18 | #525 | 0.14 |
| 1903 | 9 | #816 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 19 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 11 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 20 | #541 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 12 | #596 | 0.11 |
| 1898 | 18 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 10 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 16 | #523 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 25 | #386 | 0.21 |
| 1894 | 16 | #508 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 20 | #410 | 0.18 |
| 1892 | 21 | #417 | 0.17 |
| 1891 | 16 | #449 | 0.16 |
| 1890 | 14 | #520 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 20 | #408 | 0.18 |
| 1888 | 13 | #568 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 14 | #471 | 0.14 |
| 1886 | 16 | #461 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 13 | #531 | 0.12 |
| 1884 | 17 | #456 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 15 | #469 | 0.14 |
| 1882 | 27 | #339 | 0.24 |
| 1881 | 13 | #494 | 0.13 |
| 1880 | 12 | #544 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Henderson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Henderson has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Henderson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Henderson, and how old are they?
1,880 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 4,293 Americans ever recorded as Henderson. The median Henderson alive today is 35 years old; half are between 10 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 1,848 people named Henderson (76 women and girls, 1,772 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,755 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 142 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 397 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 237 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 237 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 285 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 580 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Henderson born?
The states with the most babies named Henderson are North Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 195 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Mississippi | 188 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Alabama | 174 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Texas | 164 | #2,717 | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 116 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Tennessee | 76 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 74 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 52 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Kentucky | 29 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| California | 23 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Henderson is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Henderson is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Henderson with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Henderson
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Henderson and names like it
- Compare Henderson and JudgeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sHenderson peaked in 1918.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Henderson since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Henderson: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Henderson.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Henderson alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.