Hensley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HENZ-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,064 for girls
Hensley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,064th for girls in the US (91 babies).
Where does Hensley come from?
English: English place-name surname
Is Hensley a girl's or a boy's name?
Hensley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 91 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Hensley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,064among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 91about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were named Hensley, making it the 2,064th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 221 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995. 5 boys were also named Hensley in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Hensley in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 girls in the US were given Hensley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,677, up from #2,064 for this spelling alone.
- Hensley 91
- Henslee 10
Hensley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | #2,064 |
| 2024 | 82 | #2,265 |
| 2023 | 96 | #2,033 |
| 2022 | 138 | #1,548 |
| 2021 | 175 | #1,293 |
| 2020 | 221 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 197 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 208 | #1,160 |
| 2017 | 174 | #1,334 |
| 2016 | 164 | #1,412 |
| 2015 | 115 | #1,814 |
| 2014 | 90 | #2,129 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Hensley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadley Oakley Henley Harlow Adley Haisley Ensley Harper Kinsley Hartley Presley Harley
Other spellings of Hensley
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter
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, “Hensley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hensley, updated 20 October 2026.