# Hendrik (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hendrik/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,387 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,387 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 119, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 33 | 3,329 |
| 2012 | 53 | 2,393 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,223 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,106 |
| 2015 | 65 | 2,139 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2,017 |
| 2017 | 64 | 2,140 |
| 2018 | 70 | 2,055 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,140 |
| 2020 | 85 | 1,783 |
| 2021 | 48 | 2,669 |
| 2022 | 66 | 2,202 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,370 |
| 2024 | 48 | 2,726 |
| 2025 | 50 | 2,620 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Hendrik

- Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist (1853–1928)
- Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonian politician and diplomat, fourth president of Estonia (born 1953)
- Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (1900–1992)
- Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, German mycologist (1761-1836)
- Hendrik Conscience, Belgian author (1812-1883)
- Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect (1856-1934)
- Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist (1909–2000)
- George Hendrik Breitner, Dutch painter (1857–1923)
- Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Dutch astronomer (1918–2000)
- Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (1831–1915)
- Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet, writer, Esperantist and pedagogue (1891-1946)
- Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian, journalist, illustrator, and author (1882-1944)

## 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.