Hendrick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEN-drik
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,919 for boys
Hendrick is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,919th for boys in the US (81 babies).
What does Hendrick mean?
Germanic: form of Dutch Hendrik (Henry)
“home ruler”
A form of Hendrik, the Dutch form of Henry, long found in Dutch-settled New York.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hendrick a girl's or a boy's name?
Hendrick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 81 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hendrick in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Hendrick, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Hendrick than any year since 2020.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Hendrick or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Hendrick 7
- Hendrik 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Hendrick in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
How popular is Hendrick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,919th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 81 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 81 boys in the US were named Hendrick, making it the 1,919th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,833rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 111 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Hendrick in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 131 boys in the US were given Hendrick or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,266, up from #1,919 for this spelling alone.
- Hendrick 81
- Hendrik 50
Hendrick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #1,919 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,563 |
| 2023 | 76 | #1,998 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,093 |
| 2021 | 81 | #1,883 |
| 2020 | 81 | #1,833 |
| 2019 | 83 | #1,823 |
| 2018 | 75 | #1,958 |
| 2017 | 90 | #1,725 |
| 2016 | 77 | #1,903 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 55 | #2,343 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
Nicknames for Hendrick
- Henk
- Hank 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Hendrick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, Hugo, Albie, Hunter, Enzo, Myles, Asher, Theo, Grayson, Milo, Jaxon, Noah
Other spellings of Hendrick
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Hendrick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hendrick, updated 20 October 2026.