Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Henrietta

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Rules her household
German
Keeper of the hearth, rules her household; feminine form of Henry

Syllables

4

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Henrietta

Pronunciation

he(n)-rietta, henri(et)-ta

Famous People

English cookbook author Henrietta Green

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1930 (rank #2781, 9 births); most recent 1944 (rank #3426, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1918 (rank #157, 1,411 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2645, 65 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–65
2024–89
2023–56
2022–82
2021–85
2020–72
2019–79
2018–65
2017–63
2016–66

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #400, 115 births); most recent 2025 (rank #478, 83 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202583
202477
202389
202273
202194
202087
2019110
2018113
2017101
201680

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1916 (rank #400, 11 births); most recent 2019 (rank #4694, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20194
2018–
2017–
20165
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1971 (rank #417, 4 births); most recent 1989 (rank #503, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #485, 6 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20216
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1959 (rank #321, 7 births); most recent 1961 (rank #392, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence