Henry
Henry sits at #5 in the United States right now, right at the top of its own curve. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 768,945 American bearers across the record.
What Henry carries
Henry · Teutonic
“home ruler”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
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Five printables for Henry, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Henry since 1880
Henry is at its all-time peak right now: #5 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Henry is most common
Among the states, Henry takes its largest share in Vermont, 2.23% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with District of Columbia and Alaska next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Henry
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Ella
#29 in 2025 · Teutonic
Amelia
#4 in 2025 · Teutonic
Axel
#79 in 2025 · Teutonic
Audrey
#86 in 2025 · Teutonic
Charlotte
#2 in 2025 · Teutonic
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
Adeline
#59 in 2025 · Teutonic
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About Henry
How popular is the name Henry?
Henry sits at #5 in the United States right now, right at the top of its own curve. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Henry?
The reference we cite records “home ruler”, of Teutonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Henry?
Nearest by the published recipe: Ella, Amelia and Axel. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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