Henrietta — #2128 US girls' name
51,264 babies named Henrietta in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Henrietta was born in this single decade.
1,411 babies were named Henrietta in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Henrietta
The Social Security Administration has registered 51,264 babies named Henrietta between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Henrietta currently holds the #2128 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 1,411 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Henrietta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10,453 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Henrietta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 3,583 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Henrietta in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Henrietta 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 51,264 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.
Henrietta at a glance
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Henrietta popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 1,411
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #2128 among girls.
51,264 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 1,411 births in a single year.
Henrietta popularity over time — boys
57 total births recorded since 1892 (Henrietta as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Henrietta accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Henrietta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 10,453 births that decade — 20% of Henrietta's all-time total
Henrietta decade highlights
- Peak decade 10,453 births
- Runner-up 10,400 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Henrietta's strongest decade
10,453 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Henrietta by state
Where Henrietta concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 3,583 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 3,057 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 2,170 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 1,994 | 3.9% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 1,760 | 3.4% |
| #6 | California | | 1,675 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 1,619 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,447 | 2.8% |
3,583 of 51,264 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
- Texas 3.9% of nationwide
- South Carolina 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 46 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Henrietta appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.