Henessey — girls' name
22 babies named Henessey in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
73% of everyone ever named Henessey was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Henessey in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Henessey
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Henessey between 2002 and 2010, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Henessey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Henessey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Henessey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Henessey 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 22 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.
Henessey at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Henessey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2002
- Peak year (2003)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
22 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 6 births in a single year.
Henessey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 16 births that decade — 73% of Henessey's all-time total
Henessey decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Henessey's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
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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, 2002–2010 (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.