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Henri

#1,714 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Heinrich

Henri has been given to 5,987 babies in the U.S. since 1885. In 2025 it ranked #1,714 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 149 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Henri, 2025

1 in 34,900

Henri over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Henri went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18852025

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.

Henri: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Heinrich

French

What Henri means

Henri is a form of Heinrich.

Meaning behind the documented name family

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

Origin, language, and formation

Henri is used in English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Norman and Old French. Its origins include French.

Henri is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Heinrich, Hendrik, Henry, Emmerich and Enrico.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Henri is pronounced /ˈhenri/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,328 boys were recorded with the name Henri between 1885 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 149 in 2021; its best national rank was #782 in 1888.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,581 in 2020 to #1,714 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,558 in 2015 to #1,714 in 2025.

In the United States, 659 girls were recorded with the name Henri between 1904 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1947; its best national rank was #1,555 in 1904.

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 Henri?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 34,900
95 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 18,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,714
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
24,190 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Henri 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 24,190 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Henri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Henris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Henri was born before 1996 — so the typical Henri is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
19.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
45.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,208
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2010s — 19.4% of all recorded uses (1,031).

Is Henri 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
−121
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−133
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−156
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.91×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
63.8%
Peak was 2021 (149)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#782
1888

Spellings of Henri

Henri is not the most common spelling — Henry is, with 94.5% against Henri's 0.65%.

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 Henri is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Henri was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 18,526 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

112 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 8,333
  2. 2California1 in 11,111
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in 12,500
  4. 4Florida1 in 14,286
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 14,286
  6. 6Michigan1 in 16,667
  7. 7Illinois1 in 20,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 20,000

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.

Where Henri is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Henri was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 489,831 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

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. Henri has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Henri around the world

Where Henri 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
    1996–2025
    #953
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2013–2013
    #398
    in 2013
  • Ireland
    2006–2024
    #785
    in 2024
  • France
    1900–2025
    #151
    in 2025
  • Norway
    2025–2025
    #347
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #105
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1964–2013
    #499
    in 2013

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

Henri by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,714
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 133
Best rank ever
#782
1888
Peak year
2021
149 that year
First recorded
1885
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,328
Count in 2025
95

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,555
1904
Peak year
1947
22 that year
First recorded
1904
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
659
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Henri

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

HenrikHenleyHendrixHenrryHenokHendrikHeneryHensonHendersonHenrykHendrickHenrickHendryHenriqueHenningHenosHendrixxHendryxHensleyHenryHendonHenceHendricksHenny

Names with a curve like Henri

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

GrayGentryNileAugustinMaceoRansomLindenLucioThompsonLinusLeightonHampton

Sibling names for Henri

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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