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How popular is the name Henderson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Hendersons are alive today.
Henderson (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2022, when 11 babies were given the name, the 2019th most popular that year. It has declined since 2022; the 2025 figure is roughly 27% of its peak.
The Henderson you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Hendersons born in England and Wales are between 5 and 18, and there are at least 100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Henderson - on average, only one in every 3,030 such rooms contains a Henderson.
How many babies are named Henderson each year?
Where does Henderson rank among boys' names?
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 Henderson most popular?
Henderson peaked in 2022, when 11 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Henderson?
At least 100 people named Henderson born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Henderson?
Most living Hendersons are between 5 and 18; the most common age is about 5.
Is Henderson becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2022 peak.