Girls' name · since 1974
Henna
Henna has 1,324 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,203 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,003 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,324
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Henna is the #4003 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,324 recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Henna has been recorded 1,324 times among girls since 1974, currently ranked #4003 nationally and more common than 77% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #6,203 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,003 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,324 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Henna ranks #6,203 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,003 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,324 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,203 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,003 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,324
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Henna's 1,324 recorded births place it above 91.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Henna compares
1,324 Top 28% higher than 72% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Henna's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Henna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,324 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 21 | 19,840 |
Henna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Henna's full recorded timeline at 2001, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 53 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Henna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Henna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (409 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Henna's strongest decade.
409 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Henna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 107
1980s
107 births
- 1990s
1990s
292 births
- 2000s
2000s
409 births
- 2010s
2010s
320 births
- 2020s
2020s
179 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 409 births (31% of all-time use).
How Henna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Henna's total volume
Henna by state
Where Henna concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 276 | 20.8% |
| #2 | California | | 198 | 15.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 78 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.4% |
276 of 1,324 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Henna's data
- Henna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (409 total births) through the 2020s (179) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Hennas (276 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Henna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Henna 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.