Henley

Henley was the #1,000 girls' name in the US in 2025 (252 babies), and #1,429 in Canada.

Henley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Henley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Henley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,000 (252)—#1,429 (17)
2024#960 (272)#5,892 (3)#1,032 (26)
2023#795 (355)#3,219 (7)#1,203 (20)
2022#738 (395)#4,646 (4)#794 (34)
2021#623 (477)#4,634 (4)#787 (37)
2020#583 (500)#3,447 (6)#901 (30)
2019#601 (502)#2,458 (10)#730 (40)
2018#565 (549)—#800 (35)
2017#521 (599)#4,063 (5)#614 (49)
2016#511 (608)#3,609 (6)#867 (31)
2015#558 (559)#3,615 (6)#820 (33)
2014#521 (592)#5,691 (3)#719 (39)
2013#833 (319)—#1,255 (19)
2012#1,315 (179)——
2011#1,598 (135)—#2,618 (7)

Henley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Henley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Henley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,183 (65)#497 (77)—#1,718 (12)
2024#1,862 (86)#484 (82)—#1,246 (18)
2023#1,774 (91)#482 (83)—#1,421 (14)
2022#1,706 (99)#444 (91)—#1,483 (13)
2021#2,000 (74)#659 (55)—#1,151 (19)
2020#2,167 (64)#651 (53)—#999 (22)
2019#2,150 (66)#561 (67)—#1,998 (8)
2018#1,994 (73)#531 (74)—#1,836 (9)
2017#1,897 (76)#574 (66)—#1,623 (11)
2016#1,706 (91)#509 (80)—#1,578 (11)
2015#1,555 (104)#377 (116)—#1,681 (10)
2014#1,828 (81)#423 (96)—#1,381 (13)
2013#1,811 (79)#420 (97)——
2012#2,380 (53)#330 (134)——
2011#2,798 (42)#338 (128)#421 (7)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #521.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.
  • In 2025, 80% of US babies named Henley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Henley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,900 to 1 in 8,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Henley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #863MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,352TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Henley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#82314

Henley (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HenleyCanadaGirls#1,42917
HenleyCanadaBoys#1,71812
HenleyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
HenleyEngland & WalesBoys#49777
HenleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
HenleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HenleyScotlandBoys—too few
HenleyUSGirls#1,000252
HenleyUSBoys#2,18365