Henery — boys' name
2,122 babies named Henery in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Henery was born in this single decade.
61 babies were named Henery in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Henery
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,122 babies named Henery between 1880 and 2017, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Henery currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 61 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Henery performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 461 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Henery shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Henery in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Henery 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 2,122 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.
Henery at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Henery popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1880
- Peak year (1928)
- 61
- Annual births at peak — across 138 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
2,122 total births across 138 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 61 births in a single year.
Henery by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 461 births that decade — 22% of Henery's all-time total
Henery decade highlights
- Peak decade 461 births
- Runner-up 367 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Henery's strongest decade
461 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Henery by state
Where Henery concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 53 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 42 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 42 | 2.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 28 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 26 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 12 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 12 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.2% |
53 of 2,122 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.3% of nationwide
- Mississippi 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Henery appears in 12 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, 1880–2017 (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.