girls:
6.2k births since 1991
#2110 (63rd percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1912
#3238 (29th percentile)
overall:
7.6k births since 1912
#3096 (60th percentile)
The name Henley is the #3,096 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,591 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 60.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,110 (63.1% percentile) for all time with 6,199 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #3,238 (29.4% percentile) for all time with 1,392 births since 1912.
Henley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1991 for girls). Birth data for Henley is available in 65 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (62 years for boys and 31 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Henley has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 79.8% of babies named Henley were girls. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for boys (92.4% boys from 1912 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (84.2% girls from 1996 to 2023).
For girls, Henley reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 52.3% percentile (ranked #453) with 317 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 317 births per million (ranked 52.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Henley ranks #615 for girls (35.1% percentile) with 203 births per million, which is 64.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Henley reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 11.0% percentile (ranked #806) with 51 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 51 births per million (ranked 9.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Henley is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #826 (9.3% percentile) with 49 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Henley".
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