Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Henrik

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Ruler of the home. Variant of Henry.
Danish
Scandinavian
Swedish

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Henrik

Pronunciation

he(n)-rik

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #756, 313 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1060, 206 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025206
2024252
2023224
2022248
2021260
2020252
2019233
2018313
2017284
2016269

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

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #1113, 24 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1704, 15 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202515
202411
202316
202220
202113
202015
201924
201818
201721
201614

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

  • Boys: peak in 1931 (rank #444, 11 births); most recent 2020 (rank #4951, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
20176
20165
20153
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

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #626, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20234
20223
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

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #602, 4 births); most recent 2022 (rank #703, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20174
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)

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #254, 16 births); most recent 2023 (rank #354, 9 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
20239
202215
20219
20207
201912
201816
20179
201610
20157
20146

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