Henson
- #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 553since 1916
Henson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Henson has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,139 | 25 |
| 2024 | #5,067 | 19 |
| 2023 | #3,712 | 30 |
| 2022 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #4,247 | 24 |
| 2020 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2019 | #4,114 | 25 |
| 2018 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 2015 | #3,365 | 33 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
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| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
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| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
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| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
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| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
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| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
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| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
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| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
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| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
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| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
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| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
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| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Henson! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Henson is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Henson in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 928 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #4,139)
- 401 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #4,139)
- 774 spots since 2015 (#3,365 → #4,139)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1934 at #2,742 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 57,019
- Highest: 1 in 57,019 boys born in 2023 were named Henson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 68,323 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,742 in 1934, was only 1 in 129,075 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 35.1% of all boys named Henson (194) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,728 (1918) | #3,813 |
| 1920s | 45 | #3,247 (1929) | #3,696 |
| 1930s | 26 | #2,742 (1934) | #3,225 |
| 1940s | 7 | #2,862 (1944) | #2,862 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,734 (1952) | #3,734 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 5 | #6,056 (1979) | #6,056 |
| 1980s | 15 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,191 |
| 1990s | 22 | #7,770 (1994) | #8,319 |
| 2000s | 73 | #6,436 (2009) | #8,589 |
| 2010s | 194 | #3,365 (2015) | #5,227 |
| 2020s | 145 | #3,712 (2023) | #4,299 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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