# Henrik (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/henrik/  
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 | 4,224 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,224 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 300, 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 | 111 | 1,472 |
| 2012 | 140 | 1,258 |
| 2013 | 176 | 1,066 |
| 2014 | 253 | 871 |
| 2015 | 267 | 842 |
| 2016 | 269 | 840 |
| 2017 | 284 | 804 |
| 2018 | 313 | 758 |
| 2019 | 233 | 935 |
| 2020 | 252 | 896 |
| 2021 | 260 | 888 |
| 2022 | 248 | 931 |
| 2023 | 224 | 980 |
| 2024 | 252 | 920 |
| 2025 | 206 | 1,060 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Henrik

- Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Laureate
- Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist (1895-1976)
- Henrik Dalsgaard, Danish association football player
- Henrik Larsen, Danish football player and manager
- Count Henrik of Monpezat, Danish former prince; son of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark
- Henrik Toft Hansen, Danish handball player
- Henrik Møllgaard, Danish handball player
- Henrik Ojamaa, Estonian footballer (born 1991)
- Henrik Andersen, Danish footballer
- Henrik Nordbrandt, Danish writer (1945–2023)
- Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Finnish professor and rector (1739–1804)
- Henrik Klingenberg, Finnish musician

## 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.