Henrietta

#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births · Last seen for boys in 1944 at #3,430
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1892 · 424 births
Debut · girls
191 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
51,330
since 1880

Henrietta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Henrietta has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #105, 1892girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,64565—
2024#2,13489—
2023#2,97556—
2022#2,27782—
2021#2,18685—
2020#2,41672—
2019#2,28579—
2018#2,64765—
2017#2,71363—
2016#2,64366—
2015#2,81062—
2014#2,41275—
2013#2,68165—
2012#3,46446—
2011#4,24434—
2010#5,24726—
2009#6,81119—
2008#7,40817—
2007#7,39417—
2006#9,90111—
2005#11,8348—
2004#7,39115—
2003#7,99813—
2002#7,04515—
2001#6,95615—
2000#7,15814—
1999#6,83614—
1998#5,58318—
1997#6,84413—
1996#5,06519—
1995#6,25714—
1994#5,71316—
1993#4,25724—
1992#3,14436—
1991#3,30133—
1990#3,07836—
1989#3,89325—
1988#3,30629—
1987#3,16929—
1986#3,36026—
1985#3,00830—
1984#2,62535—
1983#2,55235—
1982#2,64535—
1981#2,48838—
1980#2,60336—
1979#2,18745—
1978#2,19142—
1977#1,83255—
1976#1,88348—
1975#1,58662—
1974#1,63057—
1973#1,29379—
1972#1,43268—
1971#1,22891—
1970#1,074113—
1969#1,024113—
1968#978113—
1967#959113—
1966#803152—
1965#798153—
1964#745195—
1963#728198—
1962#677230—
1961#664240—
1960#605272—
1959#571294—
1958#557307—
1957#512344—
1956#491362—
1955#455395—
1954#451381—
1953#426416—
1952#409424—
1951#386447—
1950#375460—
1949#343511—
1948#335541—
1947#335566—
1946#317547—
1945#294540—
1944#294521#3,4305
1943#272655—
1942#271662—
1941#267567—
1940#267540—
1939#257587—
1938#269545—
1937#258574—
1936#260553—
1935#260555—
1934#268531#3,6795
1933#267521—
1932#248626—
1931#234649—
1930#238673#2,7819
1929#221762#3,9595
1928#216847—
1927#211898#3,1518
1926#201957—
1925#1931,059—
1924#1921,136—
1923#1911,149—
1922#1831,169#4,3075
1921#1841,174#4,3225
1920#1711,302—
1919#1671,301—
1918#1571,411—
1917#1551,350—
1916#1581,264#3,8975
1915#1521,246—
1914#1401,058—
1913#140865—
1912#135822—
1911#144558—
1910#153525—
1909#148480—
1908#145468—
1907#140470—
1906#133475—
1905#140428—
1904#131449—
1903#127433—
1902#128437—
1901#132383—
1900#130491—
1899#119410—
1898#124430—
1897#118416—
1896#116412#1,1015
1895#116420—
1894#117400—
1893#108409—
1892#105424#1,0665
1891#114348—
1890#110366—
1889#116323—
1888#109349—
1887#113269—
1886#108288—
1885#117225—
1884#111240—
1883#112203—
1882#107211—
1881#107181—
1880#106191—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Henrietta was already there! It came in at #106, and was given to 191 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2005–2006, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.

Where Henrietta is popular in 1916

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedAKMaine: #134 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 572 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedNHWashington: #237 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,677 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedIDMontana: #143 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 640 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #184 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,071 girlsNDMinnesota: #162 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,031 girlsMNIllinois: #138 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 698 girlsILWisconsin: #132 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 672 girlsWIMichigan: #116 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 547 girlsMINew York: #121 for girls · 156 births · 1 in 602 girlsNYMassachusetts: #146 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 924 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedSDIowa: #120 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 545 girlsIAIndiana: #117 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 659 girlsINOhio: #145 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 872 girlsOHPennsylvania: #139 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 920 girlsPANew Jersey: #86 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 393 girlsNJConnecticut: #98 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 484 girlsCTCalifornia: #106 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 455 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedUTColorado: #182 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 971 girlsCONebraska: #156 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 804 girlsNEMissouri: #211 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,374 girlsMOKentucky: #154 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 707 girlsKYWest Virginia: #276 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,899 girlsWVVirginia: #158 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 899 girlsVAMaryland: #110 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 602 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedDEArizona: #64 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 215 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedNMKansas: #144 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 673 girlsKSArkansas: #339 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,342 girlsARTennessee: #185 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,005 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #173 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 925 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #125 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 549 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #225 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,223 girlsOKLouisiana: #143 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 572 girlsLAMississippi: #195 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,000 girlsMSAlabama: #203 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,124 girlsALGeorgia: #140 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 603 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Henrietta, so not publishedHITexas: #271 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,365 girlsTXFlorida: #133 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 543 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#64 · 1 in 215
  2. New Jersey#86 · 1 in 393
  3. Connecticut#98 · 1 in 484
  4. California#106 · 1 in 455
  5. Maryland#110 · 1 in 602

Best ever in a state: #56 in Hawaii, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#64111 in 215
New Jersey#86731 in 393
Connecticut#98271 in 484
California#106431 in 455
Maryland#110201 in 602
Michigan#116591 in 547
Indiana#117361 in 659
Iowa#120381 in 545
New York#1211561 in 602
South Carolina#125351 in 549
Wisconsin#132351 in 672
Florida#133161 in 543
Maine#134101 in 572
Illinois#138831 in 698
Pennsylvania#139971 in 920
Georgia#140521 in 603
Louisiana#143311 in 572
Montana#14381 in 640
Kansas#144221 in 673
Ohio#145551 in 872
Massachusetts#146361 in 924
Kentucky#154341 in 707
Nebraska#156141 in 804
Virginia#158271 in 899
Minnesota#162211 in 1,031
North Carolina#173331 in 925
Colorado#18271 in 971
North Dakota#18471 in 1,071
Tennessee#185231 in 1,005
Mississippi#195181 in 1,000
Alabama#203231 in 1,124
Missouri#211211 in 1,374
Oklahoma#225151 in 1,223
Washington#23751 in 1,677
Texas#271331 in 1,365
West Virginia#27681 in 1,899
Arkansas#33971 in 2,342
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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 Henrietta
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 511 spots since 2024 (#2,134 → #2,645)
  • 229 spots since 2020 (#2,416 → #2,645)
  • 165 spots since 2015 (#2,810 → #2,645)
  • Biggest jump: 12 spots in 1939 (#269 → #257)
  • Biggest drop: 156 spots in 1967 (#803 → #959)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1892 at #105 (424 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 71 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 476
  • Highest: 1 in 476 girls born in 1880 were named Henrietta (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #105 in 1892, was only 1 in 501 (0.20%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.4% of all girls named Henrietta (10,453) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,480#106 (1880)#111
1890s4,035#105 (1892)#115
1900s4,514#127 (1903)#135
1910s10,400#135 (1912)#150
1920s10,453#171 (1920)#196
1930s5,814#234 (1931)#256
1940s5,650#267 (1941)#300
1950s3,830#375 (1950)#463
1960s1,779#605 (1960)#798
1970s660#1,074 (1970)#1,634
1980s318#2,488 (1981)#2,965
1990s223#3,078 (1990)#5,008
2000s144#6,811 (2009)#7,990
2010s581#2,285 (2019)#3,115
2020s449#2,134 (2024)#2,439

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.

Henrietta in 1916

girls
#158
1,264 births · 1 in 826 girls
boys
#3,897
5 births · 1 in 178,016 boys

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #158Henrietta1,264

Top boys' names in 1916

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #3,897Henrietta5
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 826 of them was named Henrietta, which outranked 96.9% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Henrietta
  1. #155Roberta1,313
  2. #155Susie1,313
  3. #157Maggie1,277
  4. #158Henrietta1,264
  5. #159Maria1,261
  6. #160Shirley1,245
  7. #161Elaine1,236
Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 567Trinidad#1,317 → #750
  2. ↑ 388Coral#1,367 → #979
  3. ↑ 377Coletta#1,317 → #940
  4. ↑ 370Clifford#1,285 → #915
  5. ↑ 327Maida#1,231 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Louis#934 → #1,298
  2. ↓ 354Herminia#944 → #1,298
  3. ↓ 346Gertha#900 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 344Lahoma#934 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 310Hassie#900 → #1,210

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 178,016 of them was named Henrietta, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Henrietta
  1. #3,516Zan6
  2. #3,516Zigmunt6
  3. #3,516Zola6
  4. #3,897Henrietta5
  5. #3,897Abelino5
  6. #3,897Achilles5
  7. #3,897Adair5

Tied with 638 names at #3,897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,568Tatsuo#3,392 → #824
  2. ↑ 1,088Hughes#1,878 → #790
  3. ↑ 410Angel#1,181 → #771
  4. ↑ 378Trinidad#1,181 → #803
  5. ↑ 354Rolla#1,306 → #952
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Nicolas#804 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 468Collins#906 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 463Hilliard#952 → #1,415
  4. ↓ 383Arvo#952 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 363Rayford#941 → #1,304

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1916 →