Henrik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEN-rik
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,060 for boys
Henrik is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 1,060th for boys in the US (206 babies).
What does Henrik mean?
Germanic: Scandinavian form of Henry
“home ruler”
Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian playwright, wrote A Doll's House and Peer Gynt.
Is Henrik a girl's or a boy's name?
Henrik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 206 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Henrik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Henrik, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 26 boys.
Half of all the boys named Henrik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were given Henrik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #908, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
- Henryk 17
- Henrik 15
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Henrik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,197 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Henrik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,060among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 206about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 206 boys in the US were named Henrik, making it the 1,060th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 896th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 313 boys. It first appears in the records in 1935.
2025 had fewer boys named Henrik than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Henrik in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 245 boys in the US were given Henrik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #877, up from #1,060 for this spelling alone.
Henrik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 206 | #1,060 |
| 2024 | 252 | #919 |
| 2023 | 224 | #977 |
| 2022 | 248 | #929 |
| 2021 | 260 | #887 |
| 2020 | 252 | #896 |
| 2019 | 233 | #935 |
| 2018 | 313 | #758 |
| 2017 | 284 | #804 |
| 2016 | 269 | #839 |
| 2015 | 267 | #841 |
| 2014 | 253 | #870 |
| 2013 | 176 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,258 |
| 2011 | 111 | #1,468 |
| 2010 | 94 | #1,652 |
| 2009 | 102 | #1,580 |
| 2008 | 83 | #1,792 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
Names like Henrik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bodhi River Hudson Kairo Yusuf Aarav Albie Advik Ayaan Yahya Jaxon Yunus
Other spellings of Henrik
Names related to Henrik
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, “Henrik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/henrik, updated 20 October 2026.