Henderson

maleStatistical record

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

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

Henderson: Recorded since 2006, its highest recorded position is #2,018, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#2018highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4052
2011	#4647
2015	#3004
2016	#4810
2017	#3449
2018	#2693
2019	#3013
2020	#2960
2021	#3017
2022	#2018
2024	#3688

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4052 among boys in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #2018 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2006–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Henderson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Henderson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	30	6 of 10	5
2020s	28	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Henderson 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 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2018 in England and Wales in 2022.

Henderson'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	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 2006 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,018, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 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.

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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.

Advaith · #2018, 16y
Arad · #2018, 16y
Archi · #2018, 11y
Dayan · #2018, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Advaith · #2018, 16y
Arad · #2018, 16y
Archi · #2018, 11y
Dayan · #2018, 13y

Henderson 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Henderson without appearing here.

Henderson moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #4789.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4810 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #4749.
Jade Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4810 and #4023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #4749.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Henderson

Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3004 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Henderson

Tor Compare
Between 2006 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Henderson went from #4052 to #2018 while Tor went from #2087 to #3449.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2018 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Henderson

Henderson at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Henderson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Henderson appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Henderson and the names beside it

Henderson moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Henderson

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Henderson at a glance

Henderson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Henderson appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Henderson and the names beside it

Henderson moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Henderson

Moved the opposite way to Henderson