Hence

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Hence has been given to 66 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1925, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Hence, 1947

1 in 720,000

Hence over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hence: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hence means

Hence is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Hence is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 66 boys were recorded with the name Hence between 1880 and 1947. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1925; its best national rank was #864 in 1880.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Hence?

Hence had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1947, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1947: 1 in 720,000; 5 of 3,602,100 births
Among boys only: 1 in 366,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1947: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 499,358 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hence sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1947 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 499,358 children born in 1947 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hence. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hences were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hence was born before 1924 — so the typical Hence is around 101 today.

Median birth year: 1924; About 101 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 60.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 51.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 60.6% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Hence rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1925 (7)
Years since peak: 100; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #864; 1880

Spellings of Hence

Hence is not the most common spelling — Henry is, with 65.0% against Hence's <0.01%.

Henry65.0%768,945
Gene10.7%126,877
Lance8.9%105,839
Chance4.6%54,622
Rene4.3%50,940
Vance2.3%27,012
Reece1.9%21,968
Vince1.1%12,705

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Hence by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #864; 1880
Peak year: 1925; 7 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 1947
All-time count: 66
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Hence

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Henos Hendon Henny Hendry Henok Bence Henoch Hensley Hensel Henrie Hendryx Vence Jance Henryk Hance Henson Maxence Henric Henning Henoc Henock Henly Henon Heng

Sibling names for Hence

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Concepcion Easter Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita Vernell

For a brother

Domenick Rollin Alvis Jewel Eldridge Lenard Merritt Lacy

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