Girls' name · since 1916
Henerietta
16 babies named Henerietta in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Henerietta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 16 have been recorded since 1916.
Henerietta has 16 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1953.
- #48,679 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Henerietta ranks #48,679 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #48,679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Henerietta's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Henerietta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Henerietta splits its recorded history at 1920: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Henerietta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1953
- Peak year (1916)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1953.
16 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 6 births in a single year.
Henerietta by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
1910s was Henerietta's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Henerietta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
Henerietta decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Henerietta's data
- Henerietta's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Henerietta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1916–1953 (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 Henerietta 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.
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