Henrik
Henrik is ranked 917th among boys in 2024 (252 births). Its best rank was 756th, in 2018.
- Rank in 2024
- #917up 61 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2520.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2018313 births
- Best rank
- #756in 2018
- Since 1935
- 4,018people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,018 boys have been named Henrik in the United States since 1935, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 313 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 53%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2018, its biggest year
Henrik was the 756th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Henrik
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Graysonpeak 2017
- Fynnpeak 2022
- Finnpeak 2017
- Caysonpeak 2016
- Rikerpeak 2015
- Akselpeak 2018
- Kingstonpeak 2021
- Greysonpeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.