# Henning (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/henning/  
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 | 302 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 302 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 10,060 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,010 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,217 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,131 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,244 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,645 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,397 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,118 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,124 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,306 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,629 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,303 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,450 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,322 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,057 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## People named Henning

- Henning von Tresckow, German general and member of the resistance of 20 July 1944 (1901-1944)
- Henning Jensen, Danish footballer (1949-2017)
- Henning Fritz, German handball player
- Henning Carlsen, Danish film director, producer, screenwriter and film editor (1927-2014)
- Henning Larsen, Architect (1925-2013)
- Henning Enoksen, Danish footballer and coach (1935-2016)
- Henning Christophersen, Danish politician (1939-2016)
- Henning von Holtzendorff, German admiral (1853-1919)
- Henning Holst, Danish field hockey player (1891-1975)
- Henning Frenzel, East German footballer
- Henning Bommel, German cyclist
- Henning Munk Jensen, Danish footballer (1947–2023)

## 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.