How Many People Are Named Henna?
An estimated 1,261 people in the United States have the first name Henna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Henna peaked in popularity in 2001 with 53 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Henna as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Henna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,261
About 1 in 271,812 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
2001
53 births
Total Registered
1,288
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Henna
Henna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,288 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Henna as a female name
Ranked #5,056 in 2024
26 female births in 2024
Peak: 2001 (53 births)
Henna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Henna span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 409 babies were registered. While Henna is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Henna by Decade
How has Henna tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Henna by State
Birth registrations for Henna span all 6 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, New Jersey. The lowest are in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio. On average, about 91 Hennas were registered per state.
Henna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Henna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Henna
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
Henna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Henna?
We estimate approximately 1,261 people named Henna are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 271,812 Americans share this first name.
Is Henna a common name?
Henna is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,288 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Henna most popular?
Henna reached peak popularity in 2001, when 53 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Henna is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Henna a female name?
Henna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Henna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Henna Smith, Henna Johnson, Henna Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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