Henrick
A masculine name of German origin meaning "ruler of the home".
Name Census estimates that about 324 living Americans carry the first name Henrick. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Henrick today is around 11 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Henrick births was 2020 (28 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Henrick. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Henrick with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
324
~ 1 in 1,057,884 Americans
Peak year
2020
28 babies that year
Average age
11
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,505
Tracked since 1985
Census
Henrick in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 361 people with the first name Henrick, which placed it at #26,014 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#26,014
National first-name rank
People counted
361
361 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
51.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Henrick
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Henrick is White at 51.5%. The next largest groups are Black (17.2%) and Hispanic (15.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Henrick described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Henrick at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White51.5% · 186
- Black or African American17.2% · 62
- Hispanic or Latino15.0% · 54
- Asian and Pacific Islander13.3% · 48
- Two or more races3.0% · 11
Popularity
Henrick: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Henrick from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 153 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Henrick remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Henrick by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Henrick during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Henricks live
Origin
Meaning and history of Henrick
Henrick is a given name of Germanic origin, derived from the Old German words "hain" meaning "home" and "ric" meaning "power" or "ruler." The name first emerged in the medieval era, around the 9th or 10th century, and was popular among the Germanic tribes of Central and Western Europe.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Henrick can be found in the Domesday Book, a comprehensive record of landowners in England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. The name appears as "Henricus," a Latin variation of Henrick, indicating its usage among the Norman nobility at that time.
In the 12th century, Henrick gained prominence as the name of the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich VI (1165-1197), who ruled a vast empire spanning modern-day Germany, Italy, and parts of Eastern Europe. His reign was marked by conflicts with the Papacy and the consolidation of imperial power in the region.
Another notable figure named Henrick was the Dutch explorer and colonist Henrick Hudson (c. 1565-1611), best known for his voyages exploring the northeastern coast of North America, including the river that bears his name, the Hudson River. His expeditions paved the way for Dutch settlements in present-day New York and New Jersey.
In the field of literature, the name Henrick is associated with the renowned Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), widely regarded as one of the founders of modern realistic drama. His plays, such as "A Doll's House" and "Ghosts," tackled controversial social issues and challenged traditional conventions.
The name also holds significance in the realm of science, with the German physicist and mathematician Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894) being credited with the experimental confirmation of the existence of electromagnetic waves, a groundbreaking discovery that laid the foundation for modern wireless communication technologies.
Other notable individuals bearing the name Henrick include the Dutch philosopher and writer Hendrik Conscience (1812-1883), celebrated for his contributions to the Flemish literary revival, and the German painter and printmaker Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), renowned for his intricate and innovative works in the Renaissance tradition.
People
Henrick + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Henrick as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with H
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Henrick: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Henrick?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 324 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Henrick going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,057,884 US residents.
Is Henrick a common name?
We classify Henrick as "Very Rare". It ranks above 80.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 327 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Henrick most popular?
The single biggest year for Henrick was 2020, when 28 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Henrick is about 11 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Henrick in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 361 people with the name Henrick, or 0.12 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #26,014 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Henrick in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Henrick?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Henrick appears almost entirely male. Of the 358 people counted with this name, 100.0% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Henrick?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Henrick is White at 51.5%. The next largest groups are Black (17.2%) and Hispanic (15.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Henrick most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Henrick in the 2020 Census, accounting for 51.5% (186 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Henrick in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Henrick a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Henrick in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Henrick still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Henrick in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Henrick can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Henrick?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.