Henley
- #1,000 for girls in 2025, 252 births
- #2,183 for boys in 2025, 65 births
- Given to girls 81.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2016 · 608 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,725since 1991
Henley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,000 | 252 | #2,183 | 65 |
| 2024 | #960 | 272 | #1,862 | 86 |
| 2023 | #795 | 355 | #1,774 | 91 |
| 2022 | #738 | 395 | #1,706 | 99 |
| 2021 | #623 | 477 | #2,000 | 74 |
| 2020 | #583 | 500 | #2,167 | 64 |
| 2019 | #601 | 502 | #2,150 | 66 |
| 2018 | #565 | 549 | #1,994 | 73 |
| 2017 | #521 | 599 | #1,897 | 76 |
| 2016 | #511 | 608 | #1,706 | 91 |
| 2015 | #558 | 559 | #1,555 | 104 |
| 2014 | #521 | 592 | #1,828 | 81 |
| 2013 | #833 | 319 | #1,811 | 79 |
| 2012 | #1,315 | 179 | #2,380 | 53 |
| 2011 | #1,598 | 135 | #2,798 | 42 |
| 2010 | #1,873 | 108 | #2,682 | 45 |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #3,992 | 37 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
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| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
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| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
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| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
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| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Henley! It came in at #13,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1993, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Henley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#308 · 1 in 1,023
- Mississippi#341 · 1 in 1,113
- Kansas#497 · 1 in 1,968
- Missouri#556 · 1 in 2,430
- Tennessee#568 · 1 in 2,467
Best ever in a state: #88 in North Dakota, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #308 | 7 | 1 in 1,023 |
| Mississippi | #341 | 8 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Kansas | #497 | 6 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Missouri | #556 | 10 | 1 in 2,430 |
| Tennessee | #568 | 13 | 1 in 2,467 |
| Alabama | #574 | 8 | 1 in 2,290 |
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Oklahoma | #619 | 6 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Oregon | #619 | 5 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Colorado | #703 | 7 | 1 in 3,332 |
| Utah | #704 | 5 | 1 in 3,415 |
| Arizona | #818 | 7 | 1 in 4,031 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 4,466 |
| North Carolina | #905 | 10 | 1 in 4,648 |
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| Indiana | #916 | 6 | 1 in 4,651 |
| Pennsylvania | #927 | 9 | 1 in 5,188 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Florida | #1,170 | 12 | 1 in 7,230 |
| Texas | #1,352 | 18 | 1 in 8,919 |
| California | #1,651 | 13 | 1 in 12,440 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Henley
- 417 spots since 2020 (#583 → #1,000)
- Biggest jump: 482 spots in 2013
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 2024
- Debuted 1991
- Peaked 2016 at #511 (608 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,882 girls born in 2017 were named Henley (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,378 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #511 in 2016, was only 1 in 2,915 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 61.7% of all girls named Henley (4,150) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1993, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59 | #7,532 (1998) | #9,841 |
| 2000s | 265 | #2,852 (2009) | #5,731 |
| 2010s | 4,150 | #511 (2016) | #890 |
| 2020s | 2,251 | #583 (2020) | #783 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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