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How popular is the name Henley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Henleys are alive today.
Henley (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 497th in 2025 with 77 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2012, when 134 babies were given the name, the 330th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 659 in 2021 before climbing back to the 497th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Henley you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Henleys born in England and Wales are between 6 and 15, and there are at least 1,600 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 Henley - on average, only one in every 190 such rooms contains a Henley.
How many babies are named Henley each year?
Where does Henley 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 Henley most popular?
Henley peaked in 2012, when 134 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Henley?
At least 1,600 people named Henley born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Henley?
Most living Henleys are between 6 and 15; the most common age is about 15.
Is Henley becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.