# Henry (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/henry/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɛn.ɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Harry, Hank |
| Variant spellings | Henri, Henrie, Henery, Hendry |
| US babies named this | 773,564 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 768,945 / 4,619 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 67,472, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Henry, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Frankish *Haimrik, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognate with German Heinrich, Dutch Hendrik, Estonian Hendrik, and Old Norse Heimríkr (Danish Henrik).

## 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 | 7 | 13,885 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,727 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,350 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,443 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,405 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,088 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,556 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,220 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,800 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,139 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,403 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,731 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,633 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,736 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5,993 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7,235 | 57 |
| 2012 | 8,075 | 44 |
| 2013 | 8,885 | 37 |
| 2014 | 9,442 | 33 |
| 2015 | 10,186 | 29 |
| 2016 | 10,390 | 22 |
| 2017 | 10,482 | 19 |
| 2018 | 10,714 | 16 |
| 2019 | 10,768 | 13 |
| 2020 | 10,793 | 9 |
| 2021 | 11,370 | 9 |
| 2022 | 11,272 | 7 |
| 2023 | 10,996 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11,596 | 6 |
| 2025 | 12,020 | 5 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,625 | 28 |
| 2012 | 2,928 | 24 |
| 2013 | 3,248 | 18 |
| 2014 | 3,572 | 15 |
| 2015 | 3,581 | 13 |
| 2016 | 3,527 | 15 |
| 2017 | 3,246 | 13 |
| 2018 | 3,172 | 13 |
| 2019 | 3,012 | 12 |
| 2020 | 2,868 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2,912 | 10 |
| 2022 | 2,624 | 13 |
| 2023 | 2,490 | 10 |
| 2024 | 2,360 | 14 |
| 2025 | 2,295 | 13 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: هِنْرِي
- Armenian: Հայնրիխ, Հենրիկոս, Հենրի
- Bulgarian: Хе́нри
- Catalan: Enric
- Chinese: 亨利
- Czech: Jindřich, Hynek
- Danish: Henrik
- Dutch: Hendrik, Henk
- Esperanto: Henriko
- Estonian: Hendrik
- Finnish: Heikki, Henrik, Harri
- French: Henri
- Georgian: ანრი, ჰენრი, ჰაინრიხ, ჰენრიკ
- German: Heinrich, Heinz
- Greek: Ερρίκος, Ενρίκος, Χένρυ, Χένρι
- Hebrew: הנרי
- Hindi: हेनरी
- Hungarian: Henrik
- Icelandic: Hinrik
- Irish: Anraí, Hamhrí

## People named Henry

- Henry Ford, American business magnate (1863–1947)
- Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
- Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to
- Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
- Henry James, American and British writer (1843–1916)
- William Henry Bragg, British scientist (1862–1942)
- Henry Fonda, American actor (1905–1982)
- Henry Miller, American novelist (1891–1980)
- Henry Cavendish, English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)
- Henry Cavill, British actor (born 1983)
- Henry Fielding, English novelist and dramatist (1707–1754)
- Henry Morton Stanley, British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)

## 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.