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Hendry

#7,865 in 2025Boys' name

Home + king, through Henry

Hendry has been given to 153 babies in the U.S. since 1926. In 2025 it ranked #7,865 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Hendry, 2025

1 in 332,000

Hendry over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hendry: meaning, origin, and history

Home + king, through Henry

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hendry means

Hendry belongs to the name family reached through Hendry → Henry → *Haimarīks. Its meaning is “home + king”.

Origin, language, and formation

Hendry is used in English and Scots.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Henry and *Haimarīks.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Scots, Hendry is pronounced /ˈhɛn(d)ri/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 153 boys were recorded with the name Hendry between 1926 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2016; its best national rank was #3,915 in 1926.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,106 in 2020 to #7,865 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,039 in 2015 to #7,865 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Hendry?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,865
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hendry 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 2025 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hendry. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hendrys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hendry was born before 2014 — so the typical Hendry is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
147
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.8% of all recorded uses (64).

Is Hendry 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
+94
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,241
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,174
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.25×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2016 (10)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,915
1926

Spellings of Hendry

Hendry is not the most common spelling — Henry is, with 95.2% against Hendry's 0.02%.

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.

Hendry around the world

Where Hendry ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1975–1975
    #266
    in 1975
  • France
    2009–2022
    #5,830
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1959–1964
    #557
    in 1964

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hendry by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,865
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,241
Best rank ever
#3,915
1926
Peak year
2016
10 that year
First recorded
1926
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
153
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Hendry

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

HensleyHendonHendryxHenrykHensonHenningHenokHenrickHenrryHenosHenleyKendryHenochHenselHendrixxHenrieHenceAndryHenriqueHendrikHennyYoandryHendricksHenric

Sibling names for Hendry

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

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