Henry
Henry was given to 12,020 boys in 2025, #5 among boys’ names; 773,564 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 380,000 Americans named Henry and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 23 years old and half are between 9 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Henry by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Henry mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Henry is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in England since the Middle Ages.”
From Middle English Henry, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Frankish *Haimrik, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognate with German Heinrich, Dutch Hendrik, Estonian Hendrik, and Old Norse Heimríkr (Danish Henrik).
/ˈhɛn.ɹi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Henry?
#5 among boys’ names, 2025
Henry rose from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 5.3 to 7.0 per 1,000.
12,040 babies in 2025, the peak
Henry peaked in 2025, when 12,040 babies were given it (12,020 boys, #5 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 11,596 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,020 | #5 | 7.0 |
| 2024 | 11,596 | #6 | 6.7 |
| 2023 | 10,996 | #8 | 6.4 |
| 2022 | 11,272 | #7 | 6.5 |
| 2021 | 11,370 | #9 | 6.5 |
| 2020 | 10,793 | #9 | 6.3 |
| 2019 | 10,768 | #13 | 6.0 |
| 2018 | 10,714 | #16 | 5.9 |
| 2017 | 10,482 | #19 | 5.7 |
| 2016 | 10,390 | #22 | 5.5 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10,186 | #29 | 5.3 |
| 2014 | 9,442 | #33 | 4.9 |
| 2013 | 8,885 | #37 | 4.7 |
| 2012 | 8,075 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 2011 | 7,235 | #57 | 3.8 |
| 2010 | 6,408 | #67 | 3.3 |
| 2009 | 5,899 | #71 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 5,788 | #78 | 2.8 |
| 2007 | 5,126 | #90 | 2.5 |
| 2006 | 4,677 | #95 | 2.3 |
| 2005 | 4,186 | #102 | 2.1 |
| 2004 | 3,928 | #109 | 2.0 |
| 2003 | 3,484 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 2002 | 3,339 | #115 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | 3,206 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 2000 | 3,127 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1999 | 2,928 | #129 | 1.5 |
| 1998 | 2,801 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1997 | 2,657 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1996 | 2,556 | #139 | 1.3 |
| 1995 | 2,544 | #136 | 1.3 |
| 1994 | 2,420 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1993 | 2,486 | #136 | 1.3 |
| 1992 | 2,344 | #141 | 1.2 |
| 1991 | 2,260 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1990 | 2,253 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1989 | 2,174 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1988 | 2,082 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1987 | 2,088 | #137 | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 1,996 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 2,068 | #137 | 1.1 |
| 1984 | 2,032 | #135 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 1,952 | #136 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 2,080 | #134 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 2,185 | #126 | 1.2 |
| 1980 | 2,071 | #135 | 1.2 |
| 1979 | 1,947 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1978 | 2,043 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1977 | 2,134 | #127 | 1.3 |
| 1976 | 2,127 | #122 | 1.4 |
| 1975 | 2,090 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1974 | 2,319 | #115 | 1.5 |
| 1973 | 2,357 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 1972 | 2,418 | #118 | 1.5 |
| 1971 | 2,949 | #112 | 1.7 |
| 1970 | 3,127 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 1969 | 3,055 | #100 | 1.7 |
| 1968 | 3,129 | #95 | 1.8 |
| 1967 | 3,332 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1966 | 3,575 | #92 | 2.0 |
| 1965 | 3,801 | #94 | 2.0 |
| 1964 | 4,124 | #92 | 2.1 |
| 1963 | 4,184 | #94 | 2.1 |
| 1962 | 4,346 | #92 | 2.1 |
| 1961 | 4,620 | #92 | 2.2 |
| 1960 | 4,968 | #84 | 2.3 |
| 1959 | 5,061 | #83 | 2.4 |
| 1958 | 5,157 | #83 | 2.4 |
| 1957 | 5,733 | #75 | 2.7 |
| 1956 | 5,971 | #71 | 2.8 |
| 1955 | 6,187 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 1954 | 6,402 | #59 | 3.1 |
| 1953 | 6,662 | #54 | 3.4 |
| 1952 | 6,974 | #50 | 3.6 |
| 1951 | 7,120 | #47 | 3.8 |
| 1950 | 6,963 | #47 | 3.9 |
| 1949 | 7,183 | #46 | 4.0 |
| 1948 | 7,421 | #45 | 4.2 |
| 1947 | 7,807 | #46 | 4.3 |
| 1946 | 7,317 | #41 | 4.5 |
| 1945 | 6,606 | #37 | 4.9 |
| 1944 | 6,975 | #35 | 5.1 |
| 1943 | 7,631 | #31 | 5.3 |
| 1942 | 7,561 | #31 | 5.5 |
| 1941 | 7,165 | #28 | 5.8 |
| 1940 | 6,822 | #31 | 5.9 |
| 1939 | 6,561 | #31 | 5.9 |
| 1938 | 6,557 | #30 | 5.9 |
| 1937 | 6,668 | #30 | 6.3 |
| 1936 | 6,447 | #28 | 6.2 |
| 1935 | 6,856 | #27 | 6.6 |
| 1934 | 6,735 | #27 | 6.5 |
| 1933 | 6,726 | #24 | 6.8 |
| 1932 | 7,470 | #23 | 7.2 |
| 1931 | 7,805 | #22 | 7.5 |
| 1930 | 8,594 | #22 | 7.8 |
| 1929 | 8,571 | #21 | 8.0 |
| 1928 | 9,313 | #21 | 8.4 |
| 1927 | 9,871 | #19 | 8.8 |
| 1926 | 9,994 | #19 | 9.0 |
| 1925 | 10,618 | #18 | 9.5 |
| 1924 | 11,195 | #18 | 9.9 |
| 1923 | 11,067 | #18 | 10.1 |
| 1922 | 11,207 | #17 | 10.3 |
| 1921 | 11,411 | #17 | 10.4 |
| 1920 | 11,305 | #17 | 10.6 |
| 1919 | 10,613 | #16 | 10.8 |
| 1918 | 11,354 | #16 | 11.2 |
| 1917 | 10,696 | #15 | 11.6 |
| 1916 | 10,656 | #14 | 12.0 |
| 1915 | 10,138 | #14 | 11.9 |
| 1914 | 8,110 | #12 | 12.4 |
| 1913 | 6,391 | #12 | 12.5 |
| 1912 | 5,643 | #12 | 13.1 |
| 1911 | 3,167 | #11 | 14.0 |
| 1910 | 2,899 | #10 | 14.9 |
| 1909 | 2,411 | #11 | 14.7 |
| 1908 | 2,283 | #11 | 14.8 |
| 1907 | 2,203 | #10 | 15.0 |
| 1906 | 2,112 | #11 | 15.9 |
| 1905 | 2,126 | #11 | 16.1 |
| 1904 | 2,085 | #10 | 16.3 |
| 1903 | 1,922 | #11 | 16.1 |
| 1902 | 2,154 | #10 | 17.6 |
| 1901 | 1,870 | #10 | 17.6 |
| 1900 | 2,606 | #10 | 17.3 |
| 1899 | 1,831 | #10 | 17.2 |
| 1898 | 2,145 | #11 | 17.5 |
| 1897 | 1,994 | #10 | 17.7 |
| 1896 | 2,183 | #10 | 18.3 |
| 1895 | 2,221 | #9 | 18.9 |
| 1894 | 2,278 | #9 | 19.7 |
| 1893 | 2,162 | #11 | 19.2 |
| 1892 | 2,452 | #10 | 20.1 |
| 1891 | 2,049 | #10 | 20.2 |
| 1890 | 2,349 | #9 | 21.2 |
| 1889 | 2,286 | #11 | 20.7 |
| 1888 | 2,596 | #10 | 21.5 |
| 1887 | 2,228 | #8 | 22.0 |
| 1886 | 2,404 | #9 | 21.7 |
| 1885 | 2,406 | #8 | 22.3 |
| 1884 | 2,474 | #9 | 21.6 |
| 1883 | 2,383 | #8 | 22.8 |
| 1882 | 2,579 | #9 | 22.7 |
| 1881 | 2,339 | #8 | 23.2 |
| 1880 | 2,444 | #9 | 22.1 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Henry a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Henry has been given almost only to boys: 4,619 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Henry: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Henry, and how old are they?
380,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 773,564 Americans ever recorded as Henry. The median Henry alive today is 23 years old; half are between 9 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 354,666 people named Henry (803 women and girls, 353,863 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 350,920 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 24,700 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 73,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 37,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 34,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 71,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 138,000 |
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 Henry born?
The states with the most babies named Henry are Texas, California and New York, with 19% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 873 | #25 | 0.9× |
| California | 843 | #31 | 0.9× |
| New York | 603 | #14 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 543 | #4 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 486 | #27 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 464 | #5 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 462 | #5 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 450 | #6 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 433 | #4 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 385 | #7 | 1.4× |
Where Henry is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Henry is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 boys’ 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 Henry 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 782,521 babies since 1880, Henry is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 12,040 of their 12,155 babies (99%), 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 Henry
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 Henry and names like it
- Compare Henry and HenriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sHenry peaked in 2025.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Henry since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Henry: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Henry.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Henry alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.