Hendon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEN-dun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
New arrival
Hendon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “high hill”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Hendon mean?
English: English place name
“high hill”
Hendon is a district of north London whose name comes from Old English for 'at the high hill'.
Is Hendon a girl's or a boy's name?
Hendon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hendon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Hendon, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 2022.
Half of all the boys named Hendon in the US since 1880 were born between 2023 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hendon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
Names like Hendon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dutton Sevyn Henry Deacon Hampton Judson Cassian Brixton Wilson Watson Cannon Oscar
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hendon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hendon, updated 20 October 2026.