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.