Henley
Pronounced HH EH1 N L IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2016
- 34 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Henley?
Henley is a girls' name, and first appears in 1991. It has been given to 8,001 children — the 1,801st most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2016, when 607 children were given it.
Henly is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Henley and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Henly
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- HH EH1 N L IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Henley
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Henley
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Henley?
- Henley ranks 1,801st among girls' names in US records, with 8,001 births since 1991. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,843.
- Is Henley a unisex name?
- No. Henley is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Henley most popular?
- 2016, when 607 children were given the name. It has been in use for 34 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Henley spelled?
- Henly. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.