Henley Girl

How popular is Henley?

#1,000 girl name in 2025

252 baby girls were named Henley in the US in 2025, making it the 1000th most popular girl name. Another 65 boys got the name (#2,183 for boys).

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8,093living people named Henley (est.)
9median age of people named Henley
8,272babies named Henley since 1880
1 in 10,458US babies born in 2025

Henley popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,000 for girls (▼ 40 from 2024)
Babies in 2025252 girls, 65 boys
10-year trendFalling fast (-55% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#558 in 2015, #583 in 2020
Peak year2016 (608 girls)
Highest rank#511 in 2016
First recorded1991
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)15% boys, 85% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Henley counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Henley family of names ranked #819 for girls in 2025 (#786 the year before), with 290 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Henley 252 87%
Henlee 21 7%
Henleigh 17 6%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Henley is most popular

Babies named Henley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Nebraska: 0.8 per 1,000 (28 girls)
  2. North Dakota: 0.8 per 1,000 (10 girls)
  3. Tennessee: 0.7 per 1,000 (118 girls)
  4. Mississippi: 0.7 per 1,000 (34 girls)
  5. South Dakota: 0.7 per 1,000 (10 girls)

Henley by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1990s59#7,527
2000s265#2,851
2010s4,150#511
2020s2,251#583

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Questions

Is Henley a boy or girl name?
Henley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 85% of babies named Henley were girls.
How popular is the name Henley?
252 baby girls were named Henley in the US in 2025, making it the 1000th most popular girl name. Another 65 boys got the name (#2,183 for boys).
When was Henley most popular?
Henley peaked in 2016, when 608 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #511 in 2016.
How many people are named Henley?
8,272 babies have been named Henley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,093 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
Where is Henley most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Henley was most common in Nebraska, at 0.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.