How common is the name Henry?

354,666 people in the United States have the first name Henry, about 1 in 852. It ranks #141 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HENRY

#141

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
354,666
About
1 in 852
This common or more
35.6%
Who bears it

Of the 354,666 people named Henry, 61.3% reported their origin as White, 16% as Hispanic or Latino and 13% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Henry peaked in 2025, when 12,040 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
12,040
In 2025*
12,040
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 773,564 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Henry by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #12. The largest share of babies named Henry, 24.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1224,289
1890s#3021,851
1900s#3921,970
1910s#2680,267
1920s#35105,474
1930s#5671,062
1940s#7872,989
1950s#13162,591
1960s#19839,420
1970s#25323,731
1980s#28420,917
1990s#26725,345
2000s#18042,841
2010s#4792,687
2020s#1368,130
Before 19016.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2724.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4517.1%
Baby boom 1946–6414.9%
Generation X 1965–805.5%
Millennials 1981–964.6%
Generation Z 1997–129.4%
2013 and later18%

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 Henry is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Henry has been most common in Mississippi (2.2×), South Carolina (2×), and Alabama (1.7×), and least common in Nevada (0.58×).

702,054 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 Henry

#139 Alexis · 358,350#140 Jane · 356,607#142 Julia · 349,781#143 Angel · 348,575

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Henry, most common first.

#3,839 Henri · 5,131#10,241 Henrry · 1,311#12,159 Henery · 1,032#29,280 Henrey · 303#53,270 Hennry · 101

Also a last name

As a last name, Henry ranks #153 of 156,621, with 166,610 people. See Henry as a last name

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