NameTides

Henna

Henna was the #3,975 girls' name in the US in 2025 (36 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Henna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Henna as a girl’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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Henna as a girl’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#3,975 (36)#5,927 (3)——
2024#5,021 (26)#5,892 (3)——
2023#4,565 (30)#5,688 (3)——
2022#5,465 (23)———
2021#4,607 (29)#5,581 (3)——
2020#4,005 (35)———
2019#4,909 (27)#2,170 (12)——
2018#6,248 (19)#4,684 (4)——
2017#4,576 (30)#1,911 (15)—#3,307 (5)
2016#4,850 (28)#2,757 (9)——
2015#4,144 (35)#2,496 (10)——
2014#3,778 (40)#1,702 (17)——
2013#4,076 (36)#1,774 (16)——
2012#4,836 (29)#1,809 (16)—#2,158 (9)
2011#4,244 (34)#1,269 (25)—#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #2,766.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 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 45,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Henna is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 48,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 35,000 to 1 in 68,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Henna by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Henna (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HennaCanadaGirls—too few
HennaEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
HennaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
HennaScotlandGirls—too few
HennaUSGirls#3,97536