Henrietta
Henrietta was given to 65 girls in 2025, #2,666 among girls’ names; 51,387 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,400 Americans named Henrietta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 61 and 82.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Henrietta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Henrietta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Henrietta is “a female given name from the Germanic languages.”
Latinate form of French Henriette, derived from the male given name Henry.
/ˌhɛn.ɹiˈɛtə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Henrietta?
#2,666 among girls’ names, 2025
Henrietta rose from #2,823 in 2015 to #2,666 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 34.7 to 40.4 per million.
1,411 babies in 1918, the peak
Henrietta peaked in 1918, when 1,411 girls were given it, #157 among girls’ names. The 65 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,666 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 89 | #2,143 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,990 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 82 | #2,283 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 85 | #2,196 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,427 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,294 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,658 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,726 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,653 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 62 | #2,823 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,426 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,691 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,488 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,286 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,307 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,903 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,530 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,508 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,156 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,240 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,546 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,164 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,189 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,084 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,299 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,962 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,655 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 13 | #7,001 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,137 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,377 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,806 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,292 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,158 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,316 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,094 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,922 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,328 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,199 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,385 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,032 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,639 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,562 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,659 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,502 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,618 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,197 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,205 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,837 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,889 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 62 | #1,591 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,636 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 79 | #1,296 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 68 | #1,436 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 91 | #1,233 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 113 | #1,074 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 113 | #1,026 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 113 | #980 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 113 | #961 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 152 | #805 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 153 | #801 | 0.09 |
| 1964 | 195 | #746 | 0.10 |
| 1963 | 198 | #728 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 230 | #678 | 0.12 |
| 1961 | 240 | #666 | 0.12 |
| 1960 | 272 | #606 | 0.13 |
| 1959 | 294 | #573 | 0.15 |
| 1958 | 307 | #557 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 344 | #512 | 0.17 |
| 1956 | 362 | #491 | 0.18 |
| 1955 | 395 | #454 | 0.20 |
| 1954 | 381 | #450 | 0.20 |
| 1953 | 416 | #426 | 0.22 |
| 1952 | 424 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1951 | 447 | #385 | 0.25 |
| 1950 | 460 | #374 | 0.27 |
| 1949 | 511 | #343 | 0.30 |
| 1948 | 541 | #335 | 0.32 |
| 1947 | 566 | #335 | 0.32 |
| 1946 | 547 | #319 | 0.35 |
| 1945 | 540 | #294 | 0.41 |
| 1944 | 521 | #294 | 0.39 |
| 1943 | 655 | #273 | 0.47 |
| 1942 | 662 | #271 | 0.49 |
| 1941 | 567 | #267 | 0.47 |
| 1940 | 540 | #267 | 0.47 |
| 1939 | 587 | #257 | 0.54 |
| 1938 | 545 | #269 | 0.49 |
| 1937 | 574 | #258 | 0.54 |
| 1936 | 553 | #260 | 0.53 |
| 1935 | 555 | #260 | 0.53 |
| 1934 | 531 | #268 | 0.51 |
| 1933 | 521 | #268 | 0.52 |
| 1932 | 626 | #248 | 0.59 |
| 1931 | 649 | #234 | 0.61 |
| 1930 | 673 | #238 | 0.60 |
| 1929 | 762 | #221 | 0.68 |
| 1928 | 847 | #216 | 0.73 |
| 1927 | 898 | #211 | 0.75 |
| 1926 | 957 | #201 | 0.81 |
| 1925 | 1,059 | #193 | 0.87 |
| 1924 | 1,136 | #192 | 0.91 |
| 1923 | 1,149 | #191 | 1.0 |
| 1922 | 1,169 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1921 | 1,174 | #184 | 1.0 |
| 1920 | 1,302 | #171 | 1.1 |
| 1919 | 1,301 | #167 | 1.2 |
| 1918 | 1,411 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1917 | 1,350 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1916 | 1,264 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1915 | 1,246 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 1914 | 1,058 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1913 | 865 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1912 | 822 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1911 | 558 | #144 | 1.3 |
| 1910 | 525 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1909 | 480 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 1908 | 468 | #145 | 1.4 |
| 1907 | 470 | #140 | 1.5 |
| 1906 | 475 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1905 | 428 | #140 | 1.5 |
| 1904 | 449 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1903 | 433 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 1902 | 437 | #128 | 1.7 |
| 1901 | 383 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1900 | 491 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1899 | 410 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1898 | 430 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1897 | 416 | #118 | 1.8 |
| 1896 | 412 | #116 | 1.7 |
| 1895 | 420 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 1894 | 400 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1893 | 409 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 1892 | 424 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 1891 | 348 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1890 | 366 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1889 | 323 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 1888 | 349 | #109 | 2.0 |
| 1887 | 269 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1886 | 288 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1885 | 225 | #117 | 1.7 |
| 1884 | 240 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1883 | 203 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 1882 | 211 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 1881 | 181 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 1880 | 191 | #106 | 2.1 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Henrietta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Henrietta has been given almost only to girls: 57 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Henrietta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Henrietta, and how old are they?
11,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 22% of the 51,387 Americans ever recorded as Henrietta. The median Henrietta alive today is 73 years old; half are between 61 and 82.
The 2020 Census counted 13,628 people named Henrietta (13,611 women and girls, 17 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,170 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3,090 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,360 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,230 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 447 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 292 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 918 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Henrietta born?
The states with the most babies named Henrietta are New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 3,590 | #1,718 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 3,057 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 2,170 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 1,994 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| South Carolina | 1,761 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| California | 1,681 | #2,903 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 1,619 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 1,452 | #1,290 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 1,421 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 1,275 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Henrietta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Henrietta is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Henrietta with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 54,895 babies since 1880, Henrietta is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 65 of their 65 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Henrietta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Henrietta and names like it
- Compare Henrietta and HenrietteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sHenrietta peaked in 1918.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Henrietta since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Henrietta: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Henrietta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Henrietta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with HMost given first.