Girls' name · since 1882
Hennie
Hennie has 219 recorded births since 1882 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 219
- born since 1882
- 1910s
- peak decade
219 girls have been named Hennie since 1882, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Hennie has 219 recorded births among girls since 1882, 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 1882 to 1956.
- #18,874 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 219 born since 1882
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hennie ranks #18,874 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 219 born since 1882, peaking in the 1910s.
- #18,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 219
- born since 1882
- 1910s
- peak decade
Hennie's 219 recorded births place it above 73.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hennie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hennie's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1891, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hennie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–1956
- Peak year (1917)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Hennie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (65 births, 30% of the file).
1910s was Hennie's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Hennie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 12
1880s
12 births
- 1890s
1890s
28 births
- 1900s 12
1900s
12 births
- 1910s
1910s
65 births
- 1920s
1920s
50 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 23
1950s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 65 births (30% of all-time use).
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What to do with Hennie's data
- Hennie's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 1950s (23) -- 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 Hennie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1882–1956 (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 Hennie 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.