# Henderson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/henderson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɛndɚsən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,293 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,293 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 64, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hendry + -son.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 4,269 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,922 |
| 2013 | 22 | 4,379 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,112 |
| 2015 | 33 | 3,393 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,624 |
| 2017 | 32 | 3,477 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,563 |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,436 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2,401 |
| 2021 | 47 | 2,707 |
| 2022 | 76 | 2,010 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2,820 |
| 2024 | 72 | 2,084 |
| 2025 | 50 | 2,619 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Henderson

- Henderson Forsythe, American actor (1917-2006)
- Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and record producer (1934–2013)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.