Henry

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #5in 2025
  • 1 in 142boys in 2025
  • +32%last ten years
  • 3.6×in Vermont

Most popular in 1881, and up 32% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

011,61023,21918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Henry, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188022,120
188123,219
188222,685
188322,777
188421,618
188522,319
188621,700
188721,970
188821,481
188920,673
189021,158
189120,249
189220,093
189319,249
189419,677
189518,919
189618,258
189717,684
189817,484
189917,239
190017,319
190117,564
190217,561
190316,120
190416,274
190516,069
190615,861
190715,004
190814,792
190914,702
191014,927
191114,015
191213,125
191312,469
191412,386
191511,947
191611,972
191711,557
191811,203
191910,828
192010,621
192110,360
192210,299
192310,097
19249,883
19259,515
19269,000
19278,759
19288,408
19297,968
19307,831
19317,507
19327,154
19336,783
19346,522
19356,584
19366,216
19376,251
19385,912
19395,928
19405,885
19415,833
19425,474
19435,346
19445,118
19454,908
19464,505
19474,267
19484,229
19494,049
19503,889
19513,782
19523,588
19533,378
19543,140
19553,004
19562,823
19572,658
19582,430
19592,371
19602,330
19612,175
19622,101
19632,060
19642,070
19652,043
19662,005
19671,911
19681,800
19691,708
19701,683
19711,668
19721,491
19731,512
19741,475
19751,339
19761,356
19771,299
19781,244
19791,131
19801,161
19811,220
19821,146
19831,089
19841,126
19851,119
19861,084
19871,118
19881,088
19891,086
19901,097
19911,119
19921,174
19931,268
19941,253
19951,336
19961,349
19971,409
19981,465
19991,525
20001,592
20011,650
20021,720
20031,764
20041,979
20052,096
20062,276
20072,470
20082,837
20092,974
20103,340
20113,809
20124,257
20134,697
20144,915
20155,314
20165,475
20175,663
20185,899
20196,002
20206,253
20216,499
20226,456
20236,428
20246,731
20257,037

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 3.6×
  2. District of Columbia 2.7×
  3. New Hampshire 2.6×
  4. Wyoming 2.5×
  5. Maine 2.4×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
12,020
Rank in 2025
#5
How rare
1 in 142 boys
Since 1880
768,945

Most popular in 1881, at 23,219 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 32% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont3.6×88
District of Columbia2.7×149
New Hampshire2.6×229
Wyoming2.5×56
Maine2.4×186

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.