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Boy name Old German origin Christian tradition Top 50 in 2024

Henry

HEN-ree · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Home ruler
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
royal
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#6
2024 births11,547
Peak year2024
First appeared1880
Total US births756,825
2024 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
HankHalHarry
Alternate spellings
HenriHenrikHeinrich
In other languages
Henri (French)Heinrich (German)Enrique (Spanish)Henrik (Scandinavian)

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