Hensley
- #2,064 for girls in 2025, 91 births
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to girls 91.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 221 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,038since 1995
Hensley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,064 | 91 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #2,265 | 82 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #2,033 | 96 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,548 | 138 | #5,633 | 16 |
| 2021 | #1,293 | 175 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #1,105 | 221 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #1,193 | 197 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #1,160 | 208 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #1,334 | 174 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #1,412 | 164 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #1,814 | 115 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #2,129 | 90 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1995
The first year at least five girls were named Hensley! It came in at #13,386, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995–1997, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Hensley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Arkansas#425 · 1 in 1,513
- Kentucky#498 · 1 in 2,156
- Indiana#651 · 1 in 3,101
- North Carolina#1,281 · 1 in 7,747
- Texas#2,038 · 1 in 16,054
Best ever in a state: #207 in Montana, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #425 | 7 | 1 in 1,513 |
| Kentucky | #498 | 8 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Indiana | #651 | 9 | 1 in 3,101 |
| North Carolina | #1,281 | 6 | 1 in 7,747 |
| Texas | #2,038 | 10 | 1 in 16,054 |
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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 Hensley
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 201 spots since 2024 (#2,265 → #2,064)
- 959 spots since 2020 (#1,105 → #2,064)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1995
- Peaked 2020 at #1,105 (221 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,315
- Highest: 1 in 7,315 girls born in 2020 were named Hensley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,662 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 54.7% of all girls named Hensley (1,115) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
- Mostly boys until 1994, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11 | #12,426 (1998) | #12,906 |
| 2000s | 109 | #5,097 (2009) | #10,056 |
| 2010s | 1,115 | #1,160 (2018) | #2,429 |
| 2020s | 803 | #1,105 (2020) | #1,718 |
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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