Henretta

Girl · recorded 1882–1979

  • 1979last recorded
  • 1894best year

Most popular in 1894.

Last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

0418118821906193119551979

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 81 recorded years as a table
Henretta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188256
188447
188538
188755
188828
188928
189042
189127
189352
189481
189539
189646
189747
189839
189930
190053
190138
190238
190353
190440
190555
190654
190763
190839
190952
191048
191150
191236
191343
191433
191530
191648
191744
191822
191934
192024
192120
192227
192331
192423
192520
192628
192725
192822
192921
193019
193121
193216
193328
193416
193515
193620
193715
193811
193917
19409
19418
194211
19438
19448
19458
19466
19476
19485
19495
19504
19513
19526
19537
19544
19557
19566
19574
19584
19593
19605
19614
19653
19674
19694
19793

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Henretta isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1979
5
Rank in 1979
#10,210
How rare
1 in 321,053 girls
Since 1882
1,286

Henretta was last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1894, at 81 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Henretta doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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