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Henley

Boy's name · #2194 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

19% boys · 81% girls — About 81% of babies named Henley in recent years have been girls. Henley →

Popularity over time

Henley reached its best rank, #1557, in 2015 and ranked #2194 in 2025. Roughly 1,500 boys have been named Henley since 1912.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#497 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,718 in Canada (2025) · #5,502 in Ecuador (2021) · #421 in Scotland (2011).

Famous Henleys

• Henley Gray — American racing driver (born 1933)
• Henley Grose-Smith — English entomologist (1833–1911)
• Henley Spiers — British underwater photographer
• Henley McKegg — New Zealand-born Cook Islands politician (1921–1961)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 21,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Georgie Henley — English actress (born 1995)
• Don Henley — American musician and songwriter (born 1947)
• William Ernest Henley — English poet, critic and editor (1849–1903)

In stories & tradition

• Henley — Vengeful character in Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe's tragedy "Der Freygeist"

Similar names: Ridley · Enoc · Adley · Knight · Radley · Weslee

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