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Henry
Pronounced /ˈhɛn.ɹi/
Rank in 2024
#6
Born in 2024
11,547
Peak year
2024 · #6
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for girls:14 in 2024 (#7,791)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 11,547 boys were named Henry, about 1 in every 149.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 756,825 boys have been named Henry since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Henry per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 11.1Greatest1901–27
- 6.3Silent1928–45
- 3.0Boomers1946–64
- 1.6Gen X1965–80
- 1.2Millennials1981–96
- 2.3Gen Z1997–12
- 5.8Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 185,501 babies, 11.10 per 1,000. Silent: 131,060 babies, 6.35 per 1,000. Boomers: 114,200 babies, 3.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 42,480 babies, 1.56 per 1,000. Millennials: 35,518 babies, 1.17 per 1,000. Gen Z: 72,840 babies, 2.32 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 126,817 babies, 5.84 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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). ==== Proper noun ==== Henry (plural Henrys or Henries) A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in England since the Middle Ages. A French and English surname originating as a patronymic. A locale in the United States: A small city in Marshall County, Illinois; named for Illinois militia officer James D. Henry.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in England since the Middle Ages.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /ˈhɛn.ɹi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Henry, CC BY-SA 4.0.