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First Name
663k
in the U.S.
since 1880

Last Name
171k
in the U.S.
in 2010

Henry

Origin: German
Meaning: Ruler of the Home
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Gender: Boy
85^th All Time
29^th in 2015
149^th in 2010

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422k Harry
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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born	Ranking
1880	2,455	11	2,444	#9 boy name
1881	2,352	13	2,339	#8 boy name
1882	2,596	17	2,579	#9 boy name
1883	2,395	12	2,383	#8 boy name
1884	2,485	11	2,474	#9 boy name
1885	2,425	19	2,406	#8 boy name
1886	2,418	14	2,404	#9 boy name
1887	2,238	10	2,228	#8 boy name
1888	2,621	25	2,596	#10 boy name
1889	2,304	18	2,286	#11 boy name
1890	2,368	19	2,349	#9 boy name
1891	2,071	22	2,049	#10 boy name
1892	2,476	24	2,452	#10 boy name
1893	2,186	24	2,162	#11 boy name
1894	2,295	17	2,278	#9 boy name
1895	2,236	15	2,221	#9 boy name
1896	2,197	14	2,183	#10 boy name
1897	2,009	15	1,994	#10 boy name
1898	2,161	16	2,145	#11 boy name
1899	1,852	21	1,831	#10 boy name
1900	2,631	25	2,606	#10 boy name
1901	1,887	17	1,870	#10 boy name
1902	2,168	14	2,154	#10 boy name
1903	1,940	18	1,922	#11 boy name
1904	2,100	14	2,086	#10 boy name
1905	2,145	19	2,126	#11 boy name
1906	2,135	23	2,112	#11 boy name
1907	2,217	14	2,203	#10 boy name
1908	2,310	27	2,283	#11 boy name
1909	2,438	27	2,411	#11 boy name
1910	2,927	28	2,899	#10 boy name
1911	3,197	30	3,167	#11 boy name
1912	5,674	30	5,644	#12 boy name
1913	6,427	36	6,391	#12 boy name
1914	8,169	59	8,110	#12 boy name
1915	10,211	72	10,139	#14 boy name
1916	10,737	82	10,655	#14 boy name
1917	10,776	80	10,696	#15 boy name
1918	11,441	87	11,354	#16 boy name
1919	10,711	96	10,615	#16 boy name
1920	11,369	66	11,303	#17 boy name
1921	11,509	97	11,412	#17 boy name
1922	11,287	80	11,207	#17 boy name
1923	11,151	81	11,070	#18 boy name
1924	11,293	96	11,197	#18 boy name
1925	10,728	110	10,618	#18 boy name
1926	10,102	106	9,996	#19 boy name
1927	9,966	105	9,861	#19 boy name
1928	9,403	81	9,322	#21 boy name
1929	8,668	100	8,568	#21 boy name
1930	8,689	96	8,593	#22 boy name
1931	7,880	82	7,798	#22 boy name
1932	7,533	68	7,465	#23 boy name
1933	6,780	52	6,728	#24 boy name
1934	6,798	60	6,738	#27 boy name
1935	6,915	62	6,853	#26 boy name
1936	6,500	53	6,447	#28 boy name
1937	6,740	69	6,671	#30 boy name
1938	6,611	53	6,558	#30 boy name
1939	6,605	48	6,557	#31 boy name
1940	6,873	55	6,818	#31 boy name
1941	7,225	66	7,159	#29 boy name
1942	7,626	65	7,561	#31 boy name
1943	7,671	47	7,624	#31 boy name
1944	7,020	49	6,971	#35 boy name
1945	6,649	47	6,602	#37 boy name
1946	7,354	39	7,315	#41 boy name
1947	7,852	46	7,806	#46 boy name
1948	7,471	53	7,418	#45 boy name
1949	7,214	34	7,180	#46 boy name
1950	7,004	34	6,970	#47 boy name
1951	7,152	36	7,116	#47 boy name
1952	7,001	34	6,967	#50 boy name
1953	6,710	41	6,669	#53 boy name
1954	6,439	42	6,397	#59 boy name
1955	6,231	35	6,196	#61 boy name
1956	5,994	38	5,956	#71 boy name
1957	5,783	36	5,747	#75 boy name
1958	5,176	29	5,147	#83 boy name
1959	5,095	36	5,059	#83 boy name
1960	5,005	39	4,966	#84 boy name
1961	4,664	44	4,620	#91 boy name
1962	4,378	27	4,351	#92 boy name
1963	4,215	27	4,188	#94 boy name
1964	4,150	23	4,127	#92 boy name
1965	3,822	24	3,798	#94 boy name
1966	3,612	29	3,583	#92 boy name
1967	3,358	25	3,333	#93 boy name
1968	3,156	26	3,130	#95 boy name
1969	3,084	22	3,062	#99 boy name
1970	3,157	25	3,132
1971	2,967	20	2,947
1972	2,448	27	2,421
1973	2,382	21	2,361
1974	2,354	31	2,323
1975	2,112	25	2,087
1976	2,153	23	2,130
1977	2,149	15	2,134
1978	2,059	16	2,043
1979	1,960	17	1,943
1980	2,092	20	2,072
1981	2,209	22	2,187
1982	2,095	16	2,079
1983	1,977	27	1,950
1984	2,048	17	2,031
1985	2,078	15	2,063
1986	2,018	23	1,995
1987	2,104	18	2,086
1988	2,094	15	2,079
1989	2,190	16	2,174
1990	2,272	19	2,253
1991	2,273	12	2,261
1992	2,348	9	2,339
1993	2,498	15	2,483
1994	2,423	6	2,417
1995	2,545	6	2,539
1996	2,563	10	2,553
1997	2,654	7	2,647
1998	2,795	5	2,790
1999	2,921	7	2,914
2000	3,123	6	3,117
2001	3,199	8	3,191
2002	3,327	0	3,327
2003	3,471	7	3,464
2004	3,923	17	3,906
2005	4,186	14	4,172
2006	4,672	7	4,665	#95 boy name
2007	5,115	5	5,110	#91 boy name
2008	5,784	8	5,776	#78 boy name
2009	5,901	8	5,893	#71 boy name
2010	6,400	8	6,392	#67 boy name
2011	7,233	7	7,226	#57 boy name
2012	8,071	10	8,061	#43 boy name
2013	8,867	9	8,858	#37 boy name
2014	9,415	9	9,406	#33 boy name
2015	10,121	9	10,112	#29 boy name

Fun Facts about the name Henry

How many people with the first name Henry have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2015, the Social Security Administration has recorded 662,638 babies born with the first name Henry in the United States. That's more than enough people named Henry to occupy the country of Montenegro with an estimated population of 620,029 (as of April 1, 2011).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Henry? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 2,455 new born babies.
When was Henry first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Henry is Thursday, July 16th, 1818.
What year had the most people named Henry born? The highest recorded use of the first name Henry was in 1921 with a total of 11,412 babies. That's a lot of babies named Henry!
Random Henry Factoid: According to the 1953 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Henry ranks 27^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Louisiana. Imagine that, 284 babies in Louisiana have the same name as you in 1953.
Weird things about the name Henry: Your name in reverse order is Yrneh. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Ynreh. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Henry? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 170,964 people with the last name Henry.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Henry? Henry was ranked as the 149^th most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!

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Popularity of Henry as a first name

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Popularity of Henry as a last name

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Common last names for Henry

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Common first names for Henry

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Henry	U.S.
█	White	61.43%	64.26%
█	African American	30.68%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	0.84%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	1.87%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	2.34%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	2.84%	16.26%

Of Last Name Henry

People with the last name Henry are most frequently White or African American

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Meaning, Origin, Inspirations, and Associations

Have you been wondering what does the name "Henry" mean? The list below shows the origins of Henry as well as things modernly associated with the name Henry such as celebrities named Henry.

German

Origin and Meaning of Henry

The name "Henry" is of German origin, and it means "Ruler of the Home". It's a name commonly given to boys.

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun Hen"ry

The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampère a second.

Etymology: From Joseph Henry, an American physicist

Other Dictionary Sources

United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)
Synonyms: joseph henry
A leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
Synonyms: patrick henry
English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
Synonyms: william henry
A unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
Synonyms: h

Wiktionary

Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Germanic heim (“home”) + rihhi (“ruler”).

A male given name, popular in England since Middle Ages; the name of eight kings.
A patronymic surname.

Henry was also found in the following language(s): Danish, French, German, Middle French, Norwegian, and Swedish

Notable Persons With the Name Henry

Henry VIII

Henry VIII was royalty. He holds the title Grene growith the holy. He was most active from 1509 to 1509. Henry was born as the child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York on June 28th, 1491 in Palace of Placentia. He breathed his last breath on January 28th, 1547.

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Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty is a notable person. He was most active from 1956 to present. Warren was given the name Henry Warren Beaty on March 30th, 1937 in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

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Henry VII

Henry VII was royalty. He was most prominent from 1485 to 1509. Henry was born as the child of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, and Derby on January 28th, 1457 in Pembroke Castle. He died on April 21st, 1509.

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Henry Ford

Henry Ford was a founder of ford motor, business magnate, engineering, ford motor company, and founder offord motor. Henry was born as the child of William Ford (businessman) on July 30th, 1863 in , U.S. He died on April 7th, 1947.

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Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger is a 56th United States Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, and National Security Advisor (United States). Henry was born on May 27th, 1923 in Fürth.

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Henry Cavill

Henry Cavill is an actor. He has been prominent since 2001. Henry was given the name Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill on May 5th, 1983 in Jersey.

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John Denver

(musician)
Henry II

(influential somebody)
Ross Perot

(leading human)
Henry David Thoreau

(philosopher)
Henry Rollins

(musician)
Henry VI

(royalty)
Henry V

(royalty)
Henry Fonda

(actor)
Henry IV

(royalty)
Billy the Kid

(horse rustler)
Hank Azaria

(actor)
Henry I

(royalty)
Henry III

(royalty)
Henry Clay

(office holder)

Notable Persons With the Last Name Henry

Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry is a soccer player for the CO Les Ulis, ES Viry-Châtillon, AS Monaco FC, Juventus F.C., Arsenal F.C., FC Barcelona, New York Red Bulls, France national under-20 football team, and France national football team. Thierry was born on August 17th, 1977 in Les Ulis, Essonne, France.

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Mark Henry

Mark Henry is a wrestler. Mark was born on June 12th, 1971 in Silsbee, Texas.

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Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry was a Governor of Virginia. His most notable accomplishments were from 1776 to 1779. Patrick was born on May 29th, 1736 in Birthplace of Patrick Henry. He passed away on June 6th, 1799.

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O. Henry

O. Henry was a writer. O. was given the name William Sidney Porter on September 11th, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He died on June 5th, 1910.

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Prince Henry

Prince Henry was a governor-general of australia and military. He holds the title Duke of Gloucester([[#Titles, styles, and Duke of Gloucester. He was most prominent from 1945 to 1947. Prince was born as the child of George V and Mary of Teck on March 31st, 1900 in York Cottage. He breathed his last breath on June 10th, 1974.

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Lord Darnley Henry

Lord Darnley Henry was royalty. He was most prominent from 1565 to 1567. Lord was born as the child of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, and Margaret Douglas on December 7th, 1545 in Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, England. He left this life on February 10th, 1567.

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