Henryk
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEN-rik
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Henryk is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Henryk mean?
Germanic: Polish form of Henry
“home ruler”
Henryk Sienkiewicz, the Polish author of Quo Vadis, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905.
Is Henryk a girl's or a boy's name?
Henryk is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Henryk in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Henryk, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 39 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Henryk than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Henryk in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were given Henryk or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #908, up from #1,613 for this spelling alone.
- Henryk 17
- Henrik 15
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Henryk in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,003 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 34 | #971 |
| 2021 | 38 | #896 |
| 2020 | 39 | #852 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Henryk in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Henryk, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Henryk than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Henryk in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 245 boys in the US were given Henryk or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #877, up from #4,248 for this spelling alone.
Henryk in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Names like Henryk
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie Hudson Kairo Milo Theo Lando Oakley Hugo Atlas Hendrix Enzo Archer
Other spellings of Henryk
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, “Henryk: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/henryk, updated 20 October 2026.