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Henri vs Henrry

American parents have registered 5,987 Henris since 1880, against 762 Henrrys. Henri is still ahead, with 95 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Henri against Henrry, 1880 to 2025 0 40 80 120 160 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Henri Henrry

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Henri has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1885 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.

The closest they came was 2007, when Henri had 73 and Henrry had 48.

Side by side

  Henri Henrry
Total US births 5,987762
Most in one year 15448
Babies in 2025 9520
Estimated living today 4,400750
Median age today 2117
Peak year 20212007
Best rank 1,273rd boys2,564th boys
Rank in 2025 1,708th4,857th
First recorded 18851986
Girls / boys 659 / 5,3280 / 762

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Henris alive today are over 21; half the Henrrys are over 17. That is 4 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Henri and Henrry.