Unisex name · since 2013
Henly
Henly has 42 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
42 girls have been named Henly since 2013, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Henly recorded 42 times among girls since 2013, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2023.
- #36,953 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Henly ranks #36,953 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #36,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Henly's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Henly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Henly's full recorded timeline at 2018, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Henly popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2023
- Peak year (2014)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
42 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 7 births in a single year.
Henly popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1922 (Henly as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Henly accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Henly by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (23 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Henly's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Henly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 23 births (55% of all-time use).
Henly decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Henly's data
- Henly's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- 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 Henly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~10 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, 2013–2023 (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 Henly 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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