Unisex name · since 1970
Henny
Henny has 1,056 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,618 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,056
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Henny is the #2618 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 1,056 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Henny has been recorded 1,056 times among girls since 1970, currently ranked #2618 nationally and more common than 85% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #7,226 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,618 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,056 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Henny ranks #7,226 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,618 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,056 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,618 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,056
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Henny's 1,056 recorded births place it above 90% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Henny compares
1,056 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Henny's all-time total is 181% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Henny | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,056 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Henny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Henny splits its recorded history at 2004: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 66 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Henny popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Henny popularity over time - boys
58 total births recorded since 1921 (Henny as boys' name)
Henny by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (359 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Henny's strongest decade.
359 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Henny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 38
1980s
38 births
- 1990s 97
1990s
97 births
- 2000s
2000s
218 births
- 2010s
2010s
359 births
- 2020s
2020s
326 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 359 births (34% of all-time use).
How Henny 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 Henny's total volume
Henny by state
Where Henny concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 811 | 76.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 52 | 4.9% |
811 of 1,056 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Henny's data
- Henny's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (359 total births) through the 2020s (326) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Hennys (811 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 Henny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Henny 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.