Henretta
Henretta is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 705th, in 1894.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191650 births
- Best rank
- #705in 1894
- Since 1882
- 1,286people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,286 girls have been named Henretta in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 50 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 50 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1922, and the 1910s alone account for 24%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Henretta | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | |
| 1890s | 90 | |
| 1900s | 143 | |
| 1910s | 303 | |
| 1920s | 288 | |
| 1930s | 189 | |
| 1940s | 102 | |
| 1950s | 94 | |
| 1960s | 37 | |
| 1970s | 5 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Henretta was the 971st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Henretta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bulahpeak 1919
- Eulapeak 1919
- Fairypeak 1917
- Violapeak 1918
- Elmapeak 1918
- Mablepeak 1922
- Lethapeak 1918
- Exiepeak 1921
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.