Henley

What Henley means

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

Editor’s note Used for both: 79% of US babies named Henley in 2025 were girls Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Henley?

US: Falling: down from #558 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 599 girls got the name (#521 that year). First in the US records in 1991.

How common

• About 1 in 6,378 baby girls in the US 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 ID (0.98 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.9 per 1,000 girls), KS (0.51 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Henley is #1000 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 79.5% of US babies named Henley were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Henlee21 US
• Hanley11 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 Henley

Girls

• Adalyn#260Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Lennon#214“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Milani#288Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #664 in 2015, #288 in 2025
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*

For a brother

• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Grayson#51“steward”^*
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*
• Holden#297Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 in 2025

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 Henley’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.