Henderson
Henderson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 72 births. Its best rank was 339th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 720.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191883 births
- Best rank
- #339in 1882
- Since 1880
- 4,242people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,242 boys have been named Henderson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 83 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Henderson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 160 | |
| 1890s | 168 | |
| 1900s | 175 | |
| 1910s | 496 | |
| 1920s | 619 | |
| 1930s | 419 | |
| 1940s | 401 | |
| 1950s | 349 | |
| 1960s | 219 | |
| 1970s | 153 | |
| 1980s | 155 | |
| 1990s | 154 | |
| 2000s | 174 | |
| 2010s | 306 | |
| 2020s | 294 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Henderson was the 687th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Henderson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Charliepeak 1919
- Judgepeak 1919
- Archiepeak 1918
- Amospeak 1922
- Luciuspeak 2022
- Hardypeak 1921
- Guspeak 1921
- Henrypeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.