Henlee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HEN-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Henlee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “high clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Henlee mean?
English: variant of Henley, an English place name
“high clearing”
Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire hosts the Henley Royal Regatta, a rowing event held since 1839.
Is Henlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Henlee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Henlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Henlee, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had fewer girls named Henlee than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Henlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 290 girls in the US were given Henlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #853, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Henlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
Names like Henlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Rynlee Sevyn Briar Journee Collins Harlow Londyn Brylee Oaklynn Harper Braylee
Other spellings of Henlee
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Henlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/henlee, updated 20 October 2026.