Hendon — #6801 US boys' name
53 babies named Hendon in U.S. Social Security records since 2022, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to boys today.
100% of everyone ever named Hendon was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Hendon in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hendon
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Hendon between 2022 and 2024, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hendon currently holds the #6801 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hendon performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hendon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hendon 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 53 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.
Hendon at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Hendon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2022
- Peak year (2023)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
Currently ranks #6801 among boys.
53 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 32 births in a single year.
Hendon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 53 births that decade — 100% of Hendon's all-time total
Hendon decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Hendon's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Hendon by state
Where Hendon concentrates geographically — total births since 2022
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 22 | 41.5% |
22 of 53 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 41.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 41.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2022–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.