Girl name#530 of girl names
Henrietta
Pronounced HH EH2 N R IY0 EH1 T AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 145 years in use
How popular is Henrietta?
Henrietta is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 51,321 children — the 530th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1918, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1918, when 1,411 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- HH EH2 N R IY0 EH1 T AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 2010
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Sibling names for Henrietta
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Henrietta?
- Henrietta ranks 530th among girls' names in US records, with 51,321 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 719.
- Is Henrietta a unisex name?
- No. Henrietta is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Henrietta most popular?
- 1918, when 1,411 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.