# Henriette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/henriette/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | “henry” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,373 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,373 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 33, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Henriette, feminine form of Henri (“Henry”) coined in the seventeenth century; in English more popular as Harriet and Henrietta.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | 14,305 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,253 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,429 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,651 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,547 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,673 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,524 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,312 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,249 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,423 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,802 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,008 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,226 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,631 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,105 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

## People named Henriette

- Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1726–1759)
- Henriette Avram, American computer programmer and system analyst (1919–2006)
- Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch politician, editor (1869-1952)
- Princess Henriette of Belgium, Belgian royal (1870–1948)
- Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Dutch-Belgian painter (1821–1909)
- Henriette Sontag, German operatic singer (1806-1854)
- Henriette Ekwe Ebongo, Cameroonian journalist and political activist
- Henriette d'Angeville, French female mountain climber (1794-1871)
- Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan, French lady's maid and memoirist (1752-1822)
- Henriette Reker, German lawyer and independent politician; first female Lord Mayor of Cologne
- Henriette Mikkelsen, Danish handball player
- Henriette Confurius, German actress

## 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.