Hendrix

What Hendrix means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Hendrix yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #442 in 2015 to #354 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Hendrix?

US: Rising: up from #442 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #577 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 1,270 boys got the name (#273 that year). First in the US records in 1885.

How common

• About 1 in 1,831 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,199 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NE (1.13 per 1,000 boys), OK (1.13 per 1,000 boys), IA (1.08 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Hendrix is #354 in the US and #452 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.7% of US babies named Hendrix were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hendrixx47 US
• Hendryx22 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Hendrix

Boys

• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Karter#270Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”^*

For a sister

• Elaina#267Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #267 vs #951 in 2025
• Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Adeline#59Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hendrix’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.