Henretta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Henretta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,286 babies named Henretta between 1882 and 1979, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Henretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Henretta performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 303 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Henretta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 114 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Henretta in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Henretta 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 1,286 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.