Henning
Boy · HEN-ing · Germanic
Henning is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Henning mean?
Germanic: Scandinavian and North German pet form of Henrik or Johannes
Henning Mankell, the Swedish crime writer who died in 2015, created the detective Kurt Wallander.
- Say it
- HEN-ing
Is Henning a girl's or a boy's name?
Henning is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Henning in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Henning, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer boys named Henning than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Henning in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Henning in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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