How popular is the baby name Henry in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Henry.
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In 1894, the winner of Melbourne Cup — a horse race that’s been held in Australia every year since the early 1860s — was a horse named Patron (ridden by a jockey named Henry Dawes).
The day of the race, a baby girl “was born in one of the dressing rooms at Flemington [Racecourse].”
Her name? Patrona.
Source: “Born at Flemington.” Smith’s Weekly 20 Sept. 1919: 8.
Image: Adapted from Patron, 1894 Melbourne Cup winner postcard (public domain)
In 2023, North Carolina’s Johnston County welcomed 1,931 babies — 950 girls and 981 boys.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Charlotte and Liam.
Here are Johnston County’s top 10+ girl names and top 10+ boy names of 2023:
Girl names, 2023
Boy names, 2023
The county’s 2022 rankings — topped by Charlotte and Noah — included total numbers of babies:
Girl names, 2022
Boy names, 2022
If you’d like to go back even further, here are links to earlier sets of baby name rankings for Johnston County:
Sources: Top Baby Names of 2023 – Johnston County Register of Deeds, Top 2023 Baby Names In Johnston County – JoCo Report, 2022 Top Johnston County Baby Names – JoCo Report
Image: Adapted from Flag of North Carolina (public domain)
Last year, the Commonwealth of Virginia — which is home to more than 8.7 million people — welcomed roughly 95,000 babies.
What were the most popular names among these babies? Charlotte and Liam, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Vital Records.
Here are Virginia’s top 15 girl names and top 15 boy names of 2023:
Girl names
*In the press release, Olivia was spelled “Oliva.” I’m assuming this was a typo.
Boy names
The state also revealed the top names among the state’ four largest ethnic groups: White, Black, Hispanic and Asian. (According to the most recent CDC data, from 2021, 54.3% of Virginia’s babies were born to non-Hispanic White mothers, 20.0% to Black mothers, 15.7% to Hispanic mothers, and 7.3% to Asian mothers.)
These were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s White babies:
| Girl names, White | Boy names, White |
| 1. Charlotte 2. Olivia 3. Emma 4. Amelia 5. Sophia | 1. James 2. William 3. Oliver 4. Henry 5. Liam |
These were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s Black babies:
| Girl names, Black | Boy names, Black |
| 1. Ava 2. Naomi 3. Nova 4. Serenity 5. Autumn | 1. Noah 2. Amir 3. Josiah 4. Elijah 5. Legend |
These were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s Hispanic babies:
| Girl names, Hispanic | Boy names, Hispanic |
| 1. Mia 2. Camila* 3. Genesis* 4. Isabella 5. Sofia | 1. Liam 2. Mateo 3. Dylan 4. Thiago 5. Lucas |
*In the press release, Camila and Genesis were spelled “Camilla” and “Genisis.” I’m assuming these were typos as well.
And, finally, these were the top 5 girl names and 5 boy names among Virginia’s Asian babies:
| Girl names, Asian | Boy names, Asian |
| 1. Olivia 2. Ava 3. Sophia 4. Sophie 5. Charlotte | 1. Noah 2. Lucas 3. Muhammad 4. Ethan 5. Alexander |
Here’s a link to Virginia’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.
Sources:
Image: Adapted from Flag of Virginia (public domain)
Illinois’ Knox County — which was named after Revolutionary War hero Henry Knox — welcomed 498 babies last year.
Here are Knox County’s top girl names and top boy names of 2023:
Girl names
Boy names
In 2022, the top names in the county were Charlotte and a tie between Theodore and Kai.
Several years earlier, in 2019, the top names were Charlotte and Benjamin.
Source: Line, Cameron. “List reveals Knox County’s top baby names of 2023.” WGIL 5 Feb. 2024.
Image: Adapted from Flag of Illinois (public domain)
