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Baby name
Henry
Boy
Origin of the name
Henry comes from the Germanic Heimirich, made of heim, “home,” and ric, “ruler”: “ruler of the home.” Eight kings of England bore it.
Comeback name
768,945births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 5rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Henry are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Henry is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Henry is most common in Mississippi (2.1 times), South Carolina (2) and Alabama (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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