Hendrik — #2713 US boys' name
1,337 babies named Hendrik in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 81% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Hendrik was born in this single decade.
85 babies were named Hendrik in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hendrik
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,337 babies named Hendrik between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hendrik currently holds the #2713 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 85 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hendrik performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 549 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Hendrik shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Hendrik in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hendrik 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 1,337 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.
Hendrik at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hendrik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (2020)
- 85
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #2713 among boys.
1,337 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 85 births in a single year.
Hendrik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 549 births that decade — 41% of Hendrik's all-time total
Hendrik decade highlights
- Peak decade 549 births
- Runner-up 305 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hendrik's strongest decade
549 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Hendrik by state
Where Hendrik concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 102 | 7.6% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 83 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 22 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 20 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #6 | New York | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Utah | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 10 | 0.7% |
102 of 1,337 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
- Minnesota 1.5% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Hendrik appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1917–2024 (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.