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How popular is the name Henrietta?

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

Henrietta (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 478th in 2025 with 83 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2015, when 115 babies were given the name, the 400th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 534 in 2022 before climbing back to the 478th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Common short forms of Henrietta include Harriet, Hattie and Etta.

The Henrietta you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Henriettas born in England and Wales are between 8 and 26, and there are at least 2,400 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 Henrietta - on average, only one in every 132 such rooms contains a Henrietta.

How many babies are named Henrietta each year?

050100200020201996: 571997: 541998: 521999: 492000: 352001: 382002: 422003: 422004: 422005: 392006: 512007: 512008: 602009: 492010: 502011: 822012: 722013: 872014: 1022015: 1152016: 802017: 1012018: 1132019: 1102020: 872021: 942022: 732023: 892024: 772025: 83actual

Where does Henrietta rank among girls' names?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 4841997: ranked 5061998: ranked 5221999: ranked 5672000: ranked 6892001: ranked 6712002: ranked 6432003: ranked 6802004: ranked 6872005: ranked 7452006: ranked 6302007: ranked 6752008: ranked 6182009: ranked 7382010: ranked 7302011: ranked 5152012: ranked 5872013: ranked 4842014: ranked 4272015: ranked 4002016: ranked 5292017: ranked 4332018: ranked 3922019: ranked 3922020: ranked 4632021: ranked 4592022: ranked 5342023: ranked 4492024: ranked 5102025: ranked 478

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.

Chart: babies named Henrietta per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 115 in 2015
Henrietta: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Henrietta most popular?

Henrietta peaked in 2015, when 115 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Henrietta?

At least 2,400 people named Henrietta born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Henrietta?

Most living Henriettas are between 8 and 26; the most common age is about 8.

Is Henrietta becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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