boy's name

Henrique

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 2,058

Ireland

#825

2023 births

Henrique is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 31 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in France in 1973, when 60 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1930.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Henrique over time

Births per decade in France, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

505
'30 '40 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Henrique by decade in France
Decade Births
1930s 10
1940s 5
1960s 125
1970s 505
1980s 190
1990s 80
2000s 110
2010s 105
2020s (to 2025) 45

How popular is Henrique?

In 2025, Henrique was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Henrique is used

Ireland #825 3 in 2023
England & Wales #2,307 10 in 2025
Canada #2,687 6 in 2021
United States #3,594 31 in 2025
France #5,351 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Henrique

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Henrique also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Henrique over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Henrique in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Catalan
Enric
Italian
Enrico
Lithuanian
Henrikas
Swedish
Harald
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Hendric Henrich

Sibling names for Henrique

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Henrique — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Henrique

How popular is the name Henrique?

In 2025, Henrique was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Henrique a girl's or a boy's name?

Henrique is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Henrique?

Henrique has 2 syllables.

When was Henrique most popular?

Henrique peaked in 1973, when 60 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Henrique a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Henrique currently ranks #2,307 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.