Hennie

Girls' name

Feminine form of Hendrik

Hennie has been given to 219 babies in the U.S. since 1882. 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 1917, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Hennie, 1956

1 in 824,000

Hennie over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hennie: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Hendrik

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hennie means

Hennie is a feminine form of Hendrik.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Hennie is used in Dutch.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɦɛ.ni/ for Hennie.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Hennie → Hendrik → *Haimarīks. The family’s meaning is “home + king”, recorded in Proto-Germanic with the source elements haimaz and rīks.

Origin, language, and formation

Hennie is used in Afrikaans.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hendrik.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 219 girls were recorded with the name Hennie between 1882 and 1956. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1917; its best national rank was #848 in 1882.

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 Hennie?

Hennie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1956, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1956: 1 in 824,000; 5 of 4,122,003 births
Among girls only: 1 in 401,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1956: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 571,432 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hennie 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 1956 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 571,432 children born in 1956 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hennie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hennies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hennie was born before 1919 — so the typical Hennie is around 106 today.

Median birth year: 1919; About 106 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 29.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 21.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 23; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 29.7% of all recorded uses (65).

Is Hennie 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 1917 (12)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #848; 1882

Spellings of Hennie

Hennie is not the most common spelling — Annie is, with 22.4% against Hennie's 0.01%.

Annie22.4%360,253
Bonnie20.4%328,675
Connie16.6%266,783
Minnie9.9%159,280
Jennie7.9%127,181
Fannie5.3%85,580
Jeannie2.2%36,115
Winnie1.7%27,109

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.

Hennie around the world

Where Hennie 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
2004–2025
#5,927
in 2025
Norway
1880–2025
#20
in 2025
South Australia
1986–1986
#667
in 1986

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hennie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #848; 1882
Peak year: 1917; 12 that year
First recorded: 1882
Last recorded: 1956
All-time count: 219
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Hennie

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

Henchy Hendy Hendel Henlee Henslee Wynnie Raynie Jurnie Elenie Kennie Lynnie Evanie Hena Hannie Frannie Hendrix Alannie Henleigh Milanie Kalanie Henlie Danie Ellanie Alonnie

Sibling names for Hennie

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

Albina Nelle Orpha Antonette Winnifred Maurine Johnie Dovie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Abe

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