girl's name

Henya

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 220

Henya is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2020, when 13 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1982.

Henya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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Births named Henya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 11
1990s 16
2000s 19
2010s 52
2020s (to 2024) 52

How popular is Henya?

In 2024, Henya was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Henya is used

France #5,604 5 in 2025
United States #7,987 13 in 2024

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.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Henya is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Hénya Hénya is a rare spelling of Henya, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Henya

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

Parents who like Henya also like

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

Sibling names for Henya

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

Common questions about Henya

How popular is the name Henya?

In 2024, Henya was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Henya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Henya most popular?

Henya peaked in 2020, when 13 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Henya a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Henya currently ranks #5,604 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.