Henry

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Henry is a masculine given name derived from Old French Henri or Henry, which is derived from the Old Frankish name Heimeric, from Common Germanic โ€œHaimarฤซksโ€. In Old High German, the name was conflated with the name Haginrich to form Heinrich.

From Wikipedia

Henry first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 66 babies (rank #240 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Henry

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Henry yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,669
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
66
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195539#250
195624#322
195735#270
195836#274
195945#255
196049#246
196150#256
196238#296
196352#258
196450#274
196549#272
196650#272
196737#317
196855#256
196962#254
197053#281
197166#240
197255#262
197337#305
197449#267
197547#267
197631#343
197731#339
197834#324
197935#326
198033#353
198127#392
198220#465
198323#424
198423#441
198522#456
198630#397
198726#438
198819#527
198926#472
199016#591
199123#514
199218#575
199312#671
199424#504
199513#657
199614#652
199719#574
199813#673
199913#676
200016#628
200112#710
200211#739
20038#847
20048#828
20056#923
20067#861
20077#841
200811#704
200911#688
201013#624
20119#739
20128#767
20136#875
201413#600