Thirty years of Henry
Henry in numbers
Henry has risen from 1,135 boys in 1996 to 2,295 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 3,581 in 2015. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2010 and 2013, from 2,239 to 3,248. It ranked 58th in 1996, reached 10th in 2021 and ranks 13th now. On average it was given to 1,245 boys a year in the late 1990s, 1,579 in the 2000s, 3,115 in the 2010s and 2,592 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-3%2,360 to 2,295
- 5 years-20%2,868 to 2,295
- 10 years-36%3,581 to 2,295
- 20 years+44%1,595 to 2,295
- Since 1996×21,135 to 2,295
- Total, 1996 to 202567,472boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 13 · ONS · 2,360 in 2024
Rank 88 · NRS · 56 in 2024
Rank 24 · NISRA · 48 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 2,295 | -3% | 1 in 131 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,360 | -5% | 1 in 129 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,490 | -5% | 1 in 122 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,624 | -10% | 1 in 118 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,912 | +2% | 1 in 110 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,868 | -5% | 1 in 110 |
| 2019 | 12 | 3,012 | -5% | 1 in 109 |
| 2018 | 13 | 3,172 | -2% | 1 in 106 |
| 2017 | =13 | 3,246 | -8% | 1 in 107 |
| 2016 * | 15 | 3,527 | -2% | 1 in 101 |
| 2015 | 13 | 3,581 | +0% | 1 in 100 |
| 2014 | 15 | 3,572 | +10% | 1 in 100 |
| 2013 | 18 | 3,248 | +11% | 1 in 110 |
| 2012 | 24 | 2,928 | +12% | 1 in 128 |
| 2011 | 28 | 2,625 | +17% | 1 in 141 |
| 2010 | 34 | 2,239 | +4% | 1 in 166 |
| 2009 | 37 | 2,143 | +7% | 1 in 169 |
| 2008 | 38 | 2,003 | +7% | 1 in 181 |
| 2007 | 35 | 1,867 | +4% | 1 in 190 |
| 2006 | 39 | 1,798 | +13% | 1 in 190 |
| 2005 | 44 | 1,595 | +9% | 1 in 207 |
| 2004 | 48 | 1,469 | +27% | 1 in 224 |
| 2003 | 53 | 1,159 | -7% | 1 in 275 |
| 2002 | 51 | 1,242 | +4% | 1 in 246 |
| 2001 | 53 | 1,196 | -10% | 1 in 255 |
| 2000 | 52 | 1,322 | -3% | 1 in 234 |
| 1999 | 51 | 1,359 | +9% | 1 in 235 |
| 1998 | 56 | 1,244 | +0% | 1 in 262 |
| 1997 | 58 | 1,241 | +9% | 1 in 266 |
| 1996 | 58 | 1,135 | 1 in 294 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
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