first name
HENLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,292 people named Henley, 85% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as two or more races. 80.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Henley peaked in 2016, when 699 babies got the name.
At least 8,272 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Henley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,169. The largest share of babies named Henley, 85%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Henley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Henley has been most common in Tennessee (2.9×), Idaho (2.7×), and Utah (2.4×), and least common in New York (0.22×).
6,215 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Henley
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Henley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Henley ranks #1,744 of 156,621, with 20,025 people. See Henley as a last name
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