The first name Henri

In 2025, 32 boys were named Henri, making it the 953rd most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2015, with 82 births (#482).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Henri with other names.

In 2025, 95 boys born in the United States were named Henri, the 1,714th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2021, when 149 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Henri Matisse
  French artist (1869–1954)
• Henri Bergson
  French philosopher (1859–1941)
• Henri Poincaré
  French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
• Antoine Henri Becquerel
  French physicist (1852–1908)
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
  French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)
• Henri Barbusse
  French author (1873-1935)
• Henri Moissan
  French chemist (1852–1907)
• Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon
  French early socialist theorist (1760-1825)
• Henri Rousseau
  French painter (1844–1910)
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
  French photographer (1908–2004)
• Henri La Fontaine
  Belgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854-1943)
• Henri Fayol
  French mining engineer and executive, developer a general theory of business administratio, 1841–1925

• Henry
• Louis
• Pierre
• Austin
• André
• François
• Jacques
• Georges
• Marcel
• Marc
• Antoine
• Alexandre
• Eduard
• Ray
• Guillaume
• Olivier

All 210 names of French origin

What is the origin of the name Henri?

Henri comes from French.

How popular is the name Henri?

In 2025, 32 boys born in England and Wales were named Henri, ranking 953rd. Its peak was 2015, with 82 births.

Is Henri a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. Of the 5,987 US babies named Henri since 1880, 11% were girls and 89% boys.

When was Henri most popular?

2021 in the United States, when 149 babies were named Henri, its highest rank at 1,276th.