Boy

Henderson

Meaning not yet researched.

2025 rank
#2,619
50 boys
2015
#3,393
rank
1950
#1,014
rank

Henderson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 50 in 2025. Its best rank was #339 in 1882.

US births per year · SSA card applications

Peaked at #339 in 1882; #2,619 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Henderson in 2025 was a boy.

Baby name · US data 1880–2025

#2,619 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #339.

Babies in 2025
50
Since 1880
4,293
Years on record
146

Babies named Henderson, every year since 1880

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Boys

Henderson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 50 boys in 2025. Peak: #339 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 83 (1918).

About the name Henderson

In 2025, 50 US boys were named Henderson, making it the 2,619th most common boys’ name of the year, down 535 places from #2,084 in 2024. That is 22 fewer than the 72 boys named Henderson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #339, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 83, in 1918. For comparison, it was #3,393 in 2015 and #1,014 in 1950.

Social Security card records list Henderson in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 12 babies with the name. In all, 4,293 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 619 babies named Henderson.

Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 493 US boys were named Henderson; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 76. In 2025 that was about 1 in 34,162 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.

Among the states, Henderson ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #1,351 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.

Meaning

Meaning not yet researched.

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Henderson by state, 2025

US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.

StateBirths 2025Rank 2025Rank 2015
Ohio5#1,351—
Texas5#2,717—

Rank by year

Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.

CSV
YearGirlsGirls rankBoysBoys rank
2025——50#2,619
2024——72#2,084
2023——45#2,820
2022——76#2,010
2021——47#2,707
2020——55#2,401
2019——55#2,436
2018——31#3,563
2017——32#3,477
2016——30#3,624
2015——33#3,393
2014——36#3,112
2013——22#4,379
2012——19#4,922
2011——23#4,269
2010——25#4,035
2009——22#4,485
2008——27#3,861
2007——16#5,516
2006——9#8,258
2005——21#4,247
2004——9#7,766
2003——18#4,500
2002——17#4,578
2001——15#4,973
2000——20#3,976
1999——13#5,137
1998——22#3,428
1997——14#4,536
1996——14#4,477
1995——11#5,281
1994——18#3,655
1993——13#4,548
1992——16#3,817
1991——17#3,522
1990——16#3,673
1989——19#3,137
1988——14#3,590
1987——16#3,114
1986——15#3,187
1985——18#2,756
1984——11#3,793
1983——16#2,836
1982——22#2,298
1981——14#3,104
1980——10#3,957
1979——19#2,498
1978——17#2,601
1977——16#2,706
1976——14#2,873
1975——15#2,683
1974——12#3,022
1973——21#2,005
1972——13#2,730
1971——12#2,878
1970——14#2,554
1969——22#1,784
1968——19#1,861
1967——22#1,682
1966——27#1,492
1965——17#1,956
1964——17#2,008
1963——21#1,767
1962——28#1,493
1961——32#1,420
1960——14#2,258
1959——30#1,450
1958——29#1,462
1957——23#1,694
1956——24#1,623
1955——36#1,259
1954——36#1,255
1953——41#1,156
1952——35#1,257
1951——47#1,046
1950——48#1,014
1949——43#1,075
1948——39#1,151
1947——43#1,111
1946——36#1,165
1945——39#1,024
1944——44#979
1943——40#1,080
1942——36#1,152
1941——44#963
1940——37#1,078
1939——47#908
1938——40#1,016
1937——36#1,081
1936——41#981
1935——36#1,083
1934——45#945
1933——43#972
1932——50#920
1931——42#1,043
1930——39#1,124
1929——50#956
1928——61#847
1927——63#853
1926——55#906
1925——60#860
1924——66#842
1923——64#850
1922——63#867
1921——61#898
1920——76#759
1919——61#842
1918——83#687
1917——71#741
1916——71#711
1915——60#780
1914——40#861
1913——40#739
1912——35#725
1911——16#846
1910——19#689
1909——22#563
1908——19#601
1907——14#721
1906——18#554
1905——25#439
1904——18#525
1903——9#816
1902——19#494
1901——11#659
1900——20#541
1899——12#596
1898——18#494
1897——10#703
1896——16#523
1895——25#386
1894——16#508
1893——20#410
1892——21#417
1891——16#449
1890——14#520
1889——20#408
1888——13#568
1887——14#471
1886——16#461
1885——13#531
1884——17#456
1883——15#469
1882——27#339
1881——13#494
1880——12#544

About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).