Henry — #6 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Henry

The Social Security Administration has registered 756,825 babies named Henry between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Henry currently holds the #6 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 11,547 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Henry performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 104,552 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Henry shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 56,987 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Henry in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Henry 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 756,825 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.