Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Henry

#45 most common boys' name of all time · #73 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#45
Rank overall
#73 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
773,564
Since 2016
110,532
Peak year
2025 #5
Best rank
#5 2025
Girls Boys peak 12,040/yr
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Henry is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 20 12,020 12,040 #5
2024 14 11,596 11,610 #6
2023 9 10,996 11,005 #8
2022 12 11,272 11,284 #7
2021 15 11,370 11,385 #9
2020 13 10,793 10,806 #9
2019 9 10,768 10,777 #13
2018 16 10,714 10,730 #16
2017 11 10,482 10,493 #19
2016 12 10,390 10,402 #22
2015 10 10,186 10,196 #29
2014 10 9,442 9,452 #33
2013 9 8,885 8,894 #37
2012 10 8,075 8,085 #44
2011 7 7,235 7,242 #57
2010 8 6,408 6,416 #67
2009 8 5,899 5,907 #71
2008 9 5,788 5,797 #78
2007 5 5,126 5,131 #90
2006 7 4,677 4,684 #95
2005 14 4,186 4,200 #102
2004 17 3,928 3,945 #109
2003 7 3,484 3,491 #115
2002 3,339 3,339 #115
2001 8 3,206 3,214 #120
2000 6 3,127 3,133 #126
1999 7 2,928 2,935 #129
1998 5 2,801 2,806 #135
1997 7 2,657 2,664 #139
1996 10 2,556 2,566 #139
1995 5 2,544 2,549 #136
1994 7 2,420 2,427 #145
1993 15 2,486 2,501 #136
1992 9 2,344 2,353 #141
1991 12 2,260 2,272 #143
1990 19 2,253 2,272 #138
1989 16 2,174 2,190 #141
1988 15 2,082 2,097 #140
1987 18 2,088 2,106 #137
1986 23 1,996 2,019 #139
1985 15 2,068 2,083 #137
1984 17 2,032 2,049 #135
1983 27 1,952 1,979 #136
1982 16 2,080 2,096 #134
1981 22 2,185 2,207 #126
1980 20 2,071 2,091 #135
1979 17 1,947 1,964 #138
1978 16 2,043 2,059 #127
1977 15 2,134 2,149 #126
1976 23 2,127 2,150 #122
1975 25 2,090 2,115 #124
1974 31 2,319 2,350 #115
1973 21 2,357 2,378 #111
1972 27 2,418 2,445 #118
1971 20 2,949 2,969 #112
1970 25 3,127 3,152 #104
1969 22 3,055 3,077 #100
1968 26 3,129 3,155 #95
1967 25 3,332 3,357 #93
1966 29 3,575 3,604 #92
1965 24 3,801 3,825 #94
1964 23 4,124 4,147 #92
1963 27 4,184 4,211 #94
1962 27 4,346 4,373 #92
1961 44 4,620 4,664 #92
1960 39 4,968 5,007 #84
1959 36 5,061 5,097 #83
1958 29 5,157 5,186 #83
1957 36 5,733 5,769 #75
1956 38 5,971 6,009 #71
1955 36 6,187 6,223 #61
1954 41 6,402 6,443 #59
1953 41 6,662 6,703 #54
1952 34 6,974 7,008 #50
1951 36 7,120 7,156 #47
1950 34 6,963 6,997 #47
1949 34 7,183 7,217 #46
1948 53 7,421 7,474 #45
1947 46 7,807 7,853 #46
1946 39 7,317 7,356 #41
1945 47 6,606 6,653 #37
1944 49 6,975 7,024 #35
1943 47 7,631 7,678 #31
1942 65 7,561 7,626 #31
1941 66 7,165 7,231 #28
1940 55 6,822 6,877 #31
1939 48 6,561 6,609 #31
1938 53 6,557 6,610 #30
1937 69 6,668 6,737 #30
1936 53 6,447 6,500 #28
1935 62 6,856 6,918 #27
1934 60 6,735 6,795 #27
1933 52 6,726 6,778 #24
1932 68 7,470 7,538 #23
1931 82 7,805 7,887 #22
1930 96 8,594 8,690 #22
1929 100 8,571 8,671 #21
1928 81 9,313 9,394 #21
1927 105 9,871 9,976 #19
1926 106 9,994 10,100 #19
1925 110 10,618 10,728 #18
1924 96 11,195 11,291 #18
1923 81 11,067 11,148 #18
1922 80 11,207 11,287 #17
1921 97 11,411 11,508 #17
1920 66 11,305 11,371 #17
1919 96 10,613 10,709 #16
1918 87 11,354 11,441 #16
1917 80 10,696 10,776 #15
1916 82 10,656 10,738 #14
1915 72 10,138 10,210 #14
1914 59 8,110 8,169 #12
1913 36 6,391 6,427 #12
1912 30 5,643 5,673 #12
1911 30 3,167 3,197 #11
1910 28 2,899 2,927 #10
1909 27 2,411 2,438 #11
1908 27 2,283 2,310 #11
1907 14 2,203 2,217 #10
1906 23 2,112 2,135 #11
1905 19 2,126 2,145 #11
1904 14 2,085 2,099 #10
1903 18 1,922 1,940 #11
1902 14 2,154 2,168 #10
1901 17 1,870 1,887 #10
1900 25 2,606 2,631 #10
1899 21 1,831 1,852 #10
1898 16 2,145 2,161 #11
1897 15 1,994 2,009 #10
1896 14 2,183 2,197 #10
1895 15 2,221 2,236 #9
1894 17 2,278 2,295 #9
1893 24 2,162 2,186 #11
1892 24 2,452 2,476 #10
1891 22 2,049 2,071 #10
1890 19 2,349 2,368 #9
1889 18 2,286 2,304 #11
1888 25 2,596 2,621 #10
1887 10 2,228 2,238 #8
1886 14 2,404 2,418 #9
1885 19 2,406 2,425 #8
1884 11 2,474 2,485 #9
1883 12 2,383 2,395 #8
1882 17 2,579 2,596 #9
1881 13 2,339 2,352 #8
1880 11 2,444 2,455 #9