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How popular is the name Hennessy?

Births per year, rank history and how many Hennessies are alive today.

Hennessy (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2021 (ranked 5581st); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2015, when 5 babies were given the name, the 4103rd most popular that year.

The Hennessy you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Hennessies born in England and Wales are between 6 and 19, and there are at least 62 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Hennessy - on average, only one in every 5,081 such rooms contains a Hennessy.

How many babies are named Hennessy each year?

02420202009: 32015: 52016: 32018: 32020: 32021: 3actual

Where does Hennessy rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,00020202009: ranked 5,5562015: ranked 4,1032016: ranked 5,7852018: ranked 5,6662020: ranked 5,4932021: ranked 5,581

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Hennessy most popular?

Hennessy peaked in 2015, when 5 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Hennessy?

At least 62 people named Hennessy born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Hennessy?

Most living Hennessies are between 6 and 19; the most common age is about 10.

Is Hennessy becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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