Henderson is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1918 and remains in steady use.
Henderson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,619 for boy births in the United States (and #5,623 across all names), given to 50 babies. Henderson first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (83 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | #2,619 |
| 2024 | 72 | 72 | #2,084 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | #2,820 |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | #2,010 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | #2,707 |
| 2020 | 55 | 55 | #2,401 |
| 2019 | 55 | 55 | #2,436 |
| 2018 | 31 | 31 | #3,563 |
| 2017 | 32 | 32 | #3,477 |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | #3,624 |
| 2015 | 33 | 33 | #3,393 |
| 2014 | 36 | 36 | #3,112 |
| 2013 | 22 | 22 | #4,379 |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | #4,922 |
| 2011 | 23 | 23 | #4,269 |
| 2010 | 25 | 25 | #4,035 |
| 2009 | 22 | 22 | #4,485 |
| 2008 | 27 | 27 | #3,861 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | #5,516 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | #8,258 |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | #4,247 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | #7,766 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | #4,500 |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | #4,578 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | #4,973 |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | #3,976 |
| 1999 | 13 | 13 | #5,137 |
| 1998 | 22 | 22 | #3,428 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | #4,536 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | #4,477 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #5,281 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | #3,655 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | #4,548 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | #3,817 |
| 1991 | 17 | — | #3,522 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | #3,673 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | #3,137 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #3,590 |
| 1987 | 16 | — | #3,114 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #3,187 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | #2,756 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | #3,793 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | #2,836 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #2,298 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | #3,104 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | #3,957 |
| 1979 | 19 | — | #2,498 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | #2,601 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | #2,706 |
| 1976 | 14 | — | #2,873 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | #2,683 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | #3,022 |
| 1973 | 21 | — | #2,005 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | #2,730 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #2,878 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | #2,554 |
| 1969 | 22 | — | #1,784 |
| 1968 | 19 | — | #1,861 |
| 1967 | 22 | — | #1,682 |
| 1966 | 27 | — | #1,492 |
| 1965 | 17 | — | #1,956 |
| 1964 | 17 | — | #2,008 |
| 1963 | 21 | — | #1,767 |
| 1962 | 28 | — | #1,493 |
| 1961 | 32 | — | #1,420 |
| 1960 | 14 | — | #2,258 |
| 1959 | 30 | — | #1,450 |
| 1958 | 29 | — | #1,462 |
| 1957 | 23 | — | #1,694 |
| 1956 | 24 | — | #1,623 |
| 1955 | 36 | — | #1,259 |
| 1954 | 36 | — | #1,255 |
| 1953 | 41 | — | #1,156 |
| 1952 | 35 | — | #1,257 |
| 1951 | 47 | — | #1,046 |
| 1950 | 48 | — | #1,014 |
| 1949 | 43 | — | #1,075 |
| 1948 | 39 | — | #1,151 |
| 1947 | 43 | — | #1,111 |
| 1946 | 36 | — | #1,165 |
| 1945 | 39 | — | #1,024 |
| 1944 | 44 | — | #979 |
| 1943 | 40 | — | #1,080 |
| 1942 | 36 | — | #1,152 |
| 1941 | 44 | — | #963 |
| 1940 | 37 | — | #1,078 |
| 1939 | 47 | — | #908 |
| 1938 | 40 | — | #1,016 |
| 1937 | 36 | — | #1,081 |
| 1936 | 41 | — | #981 |
| 1935 | 36 | — | #1,083 |
| 1934 | 45 | — | #945 |
| 1933 | 43 | — | #972 |
| 1932 | 50 | — | #920 |
| 1931 | 42 | — | #1,043 |
| 1930 | 39 | — | #1,124 |
| 1929 | 50 | — | #956 |
| 1928 | 61 | — | #847 |
| 1927 | 63 | — | #853 |
| 1926 | 55 | — | #906 |
| 1925 | 60 | — | #860 |
| 1924 | 66 | — | #842 |
| 1923 | 64 | — | #850 |
| 1922 | 63 | — | #867 |
| 1921 | 61 | — | #898 |
| 1920 | 76 | — | #759 |
| 1919 | 61 | — | #842 |
| 1918 | 83 | — | #687 |
| 1917 | 71 | — | #741 |
| 1916 | 71 | — | #711 |
| 1915 | 60 | — | #780 |
| 1914 | 40 | — | #861 |
| 1913 | 40 | — | #739 |
| 1912 | 35 | — | #725 |
| 1911 | 16 | — | #846 |
| 1910 | 19 | — | #689 |
| 1909 | 22 | — | #563 |
| 1908 | 19 | — | #601 |
| 1907 | 14 | — | #721 |
| 1906 | 18 | — | #554 |
| 1905 | 25 | — | #439 |
| 1904 | 18 | — | #525 |
| 1903 | 9 | — | #816 |
| 1902 | 19 | — | #494 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | #659 |
| 1900 | 20 | — | #541 |
| 1899 | 12 | — | #596 |
| 1898 | 18 | — | #494 |
| 1897 | 10 | — | #703 |
| 1896 | 16 | — | #523 |
| 1895 | 25 | — | #386 |
| 1894 | 16 | — | #508 |
| 1893 | 20 | — | #410 |
| 1892 | 21 | — | #417 |
| 1891 | 16 | — | #449 |
| 1890 | 14 | — | #520 |
| 1889 | 20 | — | #408 |
| 1888 | 13 | — | #568 |
| 1887 | 14 | — | #471 |
| 1886 | 16 | — | #461 |
| 1885 | 13 | — | #531 |
| 1884 | 17 | — | #456 |
| 1883 | 15 | — | #469 |
| 1882 | 27 | — | #339 |
| 1881 | 13 | — | #494 |
| 1880 | 12 | — | #544 |