In 2025, 95 US boys were named Henri, making it the 1,714th most common boys’ name of the year, down 121 places from #1,593 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 108 boys named Henri in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #782, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 149, in 2021. For comparison, it was #1,558 in 2015 and #1,043 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Henri in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,556, reached in 1904. The most girls given the name in a single year was 22, in 1947. For comparison, it was #15,202 in 2015 and #2,596 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Henri in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 5 babies. In all, 5,987 US babies have been given the name, 11% of them girls and 89% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,067 babies named Henri.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,209 US boys were named Henri; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 149. In 2025 that was about 1 in 17,980 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Henri ranked highest in Louisiana in 2025, at #827 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Eric (893,184 babies since 1880), Henry (773,564 babies since 1880), Harold (554,280 babies since 1880) and Harry (425,883 babies since 1880).
Meaning
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French and German. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.