Henna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Henna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Henna: Recorded since 1996, it reached #383 in 1999, and it stood at #5,927 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#383highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#397
1997	#413
1998	#439
1999	#383
2000	#405
2001	#504
2002	#568
2003	#595
2004	#601
2005	#990
2006	#869
2007	#987
2008	#972
2009	#1105
2010	#1584
2011	#1269
2012	#1809
2013	#1774
2014	#1702
2015	#2496
2016	#2757
2017	#1911
2018	#4684
2019	#2170
2021	#5581
2023	#5687
2024	#5891
2025	#5927

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 30 years from 1996 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #397 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #383 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5927 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Henna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Henna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	310	4 of 10	78
2000sbusiest	437	10 of 10	44
2010s	142	10 of 10	14
2020s	12	4 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 44 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births fell by 25, from 51 to 26.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Henna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #383 in England and Wales in 1999.

Henna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#5927	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1269	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1105	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#972	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#987	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#869	34	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#990	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#601	51	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#595	49	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#568	51	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#504	58	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#405	78	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#383	84	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#439	68	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#413	76	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#397	82	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #383, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 84 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,927position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
84births registered in its largest year, 199950 to 99 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Henil · #2707, 11y
Henley · #330, 22y
Hennie · #20, 30y
Henning · #46, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bayley · #381, 30y
Idrees · #381, 30y
Pharrell · #381, 23y
Une · #385, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kaiya · #383, 29y
Mahnoor · #383, 30y
Safiya · #383, 30y
Ashlyn · #384, 30y

Henna was ranked #383 in England and Wales · Girls in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Henna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Henna without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Henna

Eabha Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2170 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1069.
Mona Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1628.
Pamela Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1628.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2170 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Henna

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Henna went from #397 to #5927 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Henna went from #397 to #5927 while Alma went from #2096 to #211.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Henna went from #397 to #5927 while Alyssa went from #783 to #325.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Henna went from #397 to #5927 while Amalie went from #2096 to #894.

Moved the same way as Henna

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Henna went from #397 to #5927 and Abigail from #21 to #171.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Henna went from #397 to #5927 and Aimee from #70 to #1809.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Henna went from #397 to #5927 and Aisling from #440 to #1892.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Henna went from #397 to #5927 and Alex from #161 to #2605.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #383 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Henna

Henna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Henna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Henna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Henna

Henna and the names beside it

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Henna at a glance

Henna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Henna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Henna

Henna and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Henna

Moved the opposite way to Henna

Moved the same way as Henna