Meaning not yet researched.
Henrietta: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 65 in 2025. Its best rank was #105 in 1892.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #105 in 1892; #2,666 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Henrietta in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,666 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1892, at #105.
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Henrietta: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 65 girls in 2025. Peak: #105 in 1892 · most girls in one year: 1,411 (1918).
In 2025, 65 US girls were named Henrietta, making it the 2,666th most common girls’ name of the year, down 523 places from #2,143 in 2024. That is 24 fewer than the 89 girls named Henrietta in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #105, reached in 1892. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,411, in 1918. For comparison, it was #2,823 in 2015 and #375 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Henrietta in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 191 babies with the name. In all, 51,387 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 10,476 babies named Henrietta.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 722 US girls were named Henrietta; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 89. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,727 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Henrietta ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #899 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Henriette, Henretta and Henryetta are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Etta, Etty, Hank, Henny, Nettie and Retta.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Henriette (1,373), Henretta (1,286), Henryetta (447), Henritta (339), Henreitta (63).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 5 | #899 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,290 | — |
| New York | 7 | #1,718 | — |
| California | 6 | #2,903 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,666 | — | — |
| 2024 | 89 | #2,143 | — | — |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,990 | — | — |
| 2022 | 82 | #2,283 | — | — |
| 2021 | 85 | #2,196 | — | — |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,427 | — | — |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,294 | — | — |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,659 | — | — |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,726 | — | — |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,653 | — | — |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,823 | — | — |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,426 | — | — |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,692 | — | — |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,489 | — | — |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,287 | — | — |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,309 | — | — |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,906 | — | — |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,534 | — | — |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,512 | — | — |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,161 | — | — |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,247 | — | — |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,551 | — | — |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,169 | — | — |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,195 | — | — |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,090 | — | — |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,306 | — | — |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,968 | — | — |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,659 | — | — |
| 1997 | 13 | #7,006 | — | — |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,142 | — | — |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,382 | — | — |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,812 | — | — |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,298 | — | — |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,163 | — | — |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,322 | — | — |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,099 | — | — |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,928 | — | — |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,333 | — | — |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,202 | — | — |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,387 | — | — |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,033 | — | — |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,640 | — | — |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,563 | — | — |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,659 | — | — |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,502 | — | — |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,618 | — | — |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,197 | — | — |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,205 | — | — |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,837 | — | — |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,889 | — | — |
| 1975 | 62 | #1,591 | — | — |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,636 | — | — |
| 1973 | 79 | #1,296 | — | — |
| 1972 | 68 | #1,436 | — | — |
| 1971 | 91 | #1,233 | — | — |
| 1970 | 113 | #1,074 | — | — |
| 1969 | 113 | #1,026 | — | — |
| 1968 | 113 | #980 | — | — |
| 1967 | 113 | #961 | — | — |
| 1966 | 152 | #805 | — | — |
| 1965 | 153 | #801 | — | — |
| 1964 | 195 | #746 | — | — |
| 1963 | 198 | #728 | — | — |
| 1962 | 230 | #678 | — | — |
| 1961 | 240 | #666 | — | — |
| 1960 | 272 | #606 | — | — |
| 1959 | 294 | #573 | — | — |
| 1958 | 307 | #557 | — | — |
| 1957 | 344 | #512 | — | — |
| 1956 | 362 | #492 | — | — |
| 1955 | 395 | #455 | — | — |
| 1954 | 381 | #451 | — | — |
| 1953 | 416 | #427 | — | — |
| 1952 | 424 | #409 | — | — |
| 1951 | 447 | #386 | — | — |
| 1950 | 460 | #375 | — | — |
| 1949 | 511 | #343 | — | — |
| 1948 | 541 | #335 | — | — |
| 1947 | 566 | #335 | — | — |
| 1946 | 547 | #319 | — | — |
| 1945 | 540 | #294 | — | — |
| 1944 | 521 | #294 | 5 | #3,633 |
| 1943 | 655 | #273 | — | — |
| 1942 | 662 | #271 | — | — |
| 1941 | 567 | #267 | — | — |
| 1940 | 540 | #267 | — | — |
| 1939 | 587 | #257 | — | — |
| 1938 | 545 | #269 | — | — |
| 1937 | 574 | #258 | — | — |
| 1936 | 553 | #260 | — | — |
| 1935 | 555 | #260 | — | — |
| 1934 | 531 | #268 | 5 | #3,908 |
| 1933 | 521 | #268 | — | — |
| 1932 | 626 | #248 | — | — |
| 1931 | 649 | #234 | — | — |
| 1930 | 673 | #238 | 9 | #2,872 |
| 1929 | 762 | #221 | 5 | #4,241 |
| 1928 | 847 | #216 | — | — |
| 1927 | 898 | #211 | 8 | #3,277 |
| 1926 | 957 | #201 | — | — |
| 1925 | 1,059 | #193 | — | — |
| 1924 | 1,136 | #192 | — | — |
| 1923 | 1,149 | #191 | — | — |
| 1922 | 1,169 | #183 | 5 | #4,591 |
| 1921 | 1,174 | #184 | 5 | #4,627 |
| 1920 | 1,302 | #171 | — | — |
| 1919 | 1,301 | #167 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,411 | #157 | — | — |
| 1917 | 1,350 | #155 | — | — |
| 1916 | 1,264 | #158 | 5 | #4,181 |
| 1915 | 1,246 | #152 | — | — |
| 1914 | 1,058 | #140 | — | — |
| 1913 | 865 | #141 | — | — |
| 1912 | 822 | #135 | — | — |
| 1911 | 558 | #144 | — | — |
| 1910 | 525 | #153 | — | — |
| 1909 | 480 | #148 | — | — |
| 1908 | 468 | #145 | — | — |
| 1907 | 470 | #140 | — | — |
| 1906 | 475 | #133 | — | — |
| 1905 | 428 | #140 | — | — |
| 1904 | 449 | #131 | — | — |
| 1903 | 433 | #127 | — | — |
| 1902 | 437 | #128 | — | — |
| 1901 | 383 | #132 | — | — |
| 1900 | 491 | #130 | — | — |
| 1899 | 410 | #120 | — | — |
| 1898 | 430 | #124 | — | — |
| 1897 | 416 | #118 | — | — |
| 1896 | 412 | #116 | 5 | #1,168 |
| 1895 | 420 | #116 | — | — |
| 1894 | 400 | #117 | — | — |
| 1893 | 409 | #108 | — | — |
| 1892 | 424 | #105 | 5 | #1,150 |
| 1891 | 348 | #114 | — | — |
| 1890 | 366 | #110 | — | — |
| 1889 | 323 | #116 | — | — |
| 1888 | 349 | #109 | — | — |
| 1887 | 269 | #113 | — | — |
| 1886 | 288 | #108 | — | — |
| 1885 | 225 | #117 | — | — |
| 1884 | 240 | #111 | — | — |
| 1883 | 203 | #112 | — | — |
| 1882 | 211 | #107 | — | — |
| 1881 | 181 | #107 | — | — |
| 1880 | 191 | #106 | — | — |
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).