# Henny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/henny/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɛni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,114 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 58 / 1,056 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 122, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 4,395 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,455 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,602 |
| 2014 | 32 | 4,499 |
| 2015 | 49 | 3,315 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,903 |
| 2017 | 41 | 3,724 |
| 2018 | 29 | 4,699 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,520 |
| 2020 | 44 | 3,467 |
| 2021 | 61 | 2,798 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,838 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,798 |
| 2024 | 55 | 2,988 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,626 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 8 | 3,328 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3,626 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,633 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3,255 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,484 |
| 1927 | 8 | 3,276 |
| 1928 | 6 | 3,906 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,726 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,243 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Henny

- Henny Meijer, Dutch association football player
- Henny Porten, German actress and film producer (1890–1960)
- Henny Youngman, American comedian and actor (1906-1998)
- Henny Eman, Aruban politician (1948–2025)
- Hans Henny Jahnn, German Expressionist playwright and writer (1894–1959)
- Henny Lindorff Buckhøj, actress
- Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (1890–2005)
- Hennie Keetelaar, Dutch water polo player (1927–2002)

## 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.