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Henley

#1,001 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Henley has been given to 8,272 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #1,001 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 608 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% girls, 19% boys all-time.

Babies named Henley, 2025

1 in 13,200

Henley over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Henley over time

In 2025, Henley went to 79% girls and 21% boys.

19122025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Henley: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

English surname transfer

What Henley means

Henley is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Henley is used in English (Modern).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛn.li/ for Henley.

The naming story behind Henley

Henley is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,725 girls were recorded with the name Henley between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 608 in 2016; its best national rank was #511 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #583 in 2020 to #1,001 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #558 in 2015 to #1,001 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,547 boys were recorded with the name Henley between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 104 in 2015; its best national rank was #1,557 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,173 in 2020 to #2,194 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,557 in 2015 to #2,194 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.

How common is Henley?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 13,200
252 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 6,380
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,001
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
9,120 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Henley sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 5004%

Put another way: gather 9,120 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Henley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Henleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Henley was born before 2017 — so the typical Henley is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
61.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,725
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 61.7% of all recorded uses (4,150).

Is Henley 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
−41
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−418
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−443
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.45×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.4%
Peak was 2016 (608)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#511
2016

Spellings of Henley

Henley is not the most common spelling — Helen is, with 56.8% against Henley's 0.37%.

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.

Where Henley is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Henley was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 575 girls, against 1 in 3,152 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 50,000).

2174 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Dakota1 in 575
  2. 2Nebraska1 in 877
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 1,111
  4. 4Idaho1 in 1,220
  5. 5Missouri1 in 1,250
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 1,266
  7. 7Kansas1 in 1,370
  8. 8Iowa1 in 1,449

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Henley is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 79% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Henley is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Henley was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 44,533 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 12,500
  2. 2Florida1 in 33,333
  3. 3Ohio1 in 33,333
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 33,333
  5. 5Virginia1 in 33,333
  6. 6California1 in 50,000
  7. 7Colorado1 in 50,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Henley around the world

Where Henley 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
    2014–2024
    #5,892
    in 2024
  • France
    2016–2016
    #6,258
    in 2016
  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #1,023
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2013–2013
    #818
    in 2013

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

Notable people named Henley

People whose public names include Henley, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Henley in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Henley. Linked forms have their own page here.

Hendley

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Henley by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,001
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 418
Best rank ever
#511
2016
Peak year
2016
608 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,725
Count in 2025
252

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,194
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 21
Best rank ever
#1,557
2015
Peak year
2015
104 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,547
Count in 2025
65

Names similar to Henley

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

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Names with a curve like Henley

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Henley, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Henley

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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