Henley
Henley is ranked 956th among girls in 2024 (272 births). Its best rank was 512th, in 2016.
- Rank in 2024
- #956down 164 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2720.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2016607 births
- Best rank
- #512in 2016
- Since 1991
- 7,949people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,471 girls have been named Henley in the United States since 1991, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 607 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 521 → 956).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 64%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Henley is used for both sexes: 19% of its bearers are boys (1,478), most of them born around 2015.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2016, its biggest year
Henley was the 512th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2016 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Henley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Paisleepeak 2016
- Finleepeak 2018
- Annistynpeak 2019
- Milahpeak 2018
- Addilynpeak 2016
- Finleighpeak 2015
- Adalynnpeak 2018
- Ellingtonpeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.