Henrietta
Henrietta is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 89 births. Its best rank was 105th, in 1892.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 890.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19181,411 births
- Best rank
- #105in 1892
- Since 1880
- 51,264people given the name
The story in the numbers
51,264 girls have been named Henrietta in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 1,411 births — 0.12% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 89 births in 2024, against 1,411 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1923, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 89 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Henrietta | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,480 | |
| 1890s | 4,035 | |
| 1900s | 4,514 | |
| 1910s | 10,400 | |
| 1920s | 10,453 | |
| 1930s | 5,814 | |
| 1940s | 5,649 | |
| 1950s | 3,830 | |
| 1960s | 1,779 | |
| 1970s | 660 | |
| 1980s | 318 | |
| 1990s | 223 | |
| 2000s | 144 | |
| 2010s | 581 | |
| 2020s | 384 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Henrietta was the 157th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Henrietta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Althapeak 1917
- Elmirapeak 1921
- Altapeak 1918
- Nellpeak 1917
- Dolliepeak 1921
- Hesterpeak 1918
- Edythpeak 1918
- Ethapeak 1920
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.