as a First Name
A perennially popular given name, of Continental Germanic origin, from haim ‘home’ + rīc ‘power, ruler’. It was an Old French name, adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to Britain. It has been borne by eight kings of England. Not until the 17th century did the form Henry (as opposed to Harry) become the standard vernacular form, mainly under the influence of the Latin form Henricus and French Henri.
| 167th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 354,729
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 544,265
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Henry per capita
- 1912
- marked the height of its popularity
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99.84%
51%
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23%
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8%
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