Fun Facts About the Name Henrik
- More than 4 thousand babies named Henrik: U.S. records list 4,224 babies given the name Henrik from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Henrik Mean?
Henrik is a Scandinavian and German form of the Germanic name Heinrich, meaning "home ruler." It is built from two Old High German elements: heim ("home," "household") and rîhhi ("ruler," "power," "realm"). The customary literal reading is "ruler of the home."
The same Germanic name passed into other languages in different forms - Henry in English, Henri in French, Enrique in Spanish, Enrico in Italian - all sharing those two elements. Henrik is the form used in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and German, and it also appears in Finnish and Hungarian, among other languages.
Henrik Name History & Origins
The Germanic ancestor of Henrik was carried by Frankish and German speakers in the early Middle Ages. Among the East Frankish and later German kings the name appears from the tenth century, beginning with Henry I, and it was borne by several Holy Roman Emperors. Church reform, trade, and German and Dutch contacts carried it northward into Scandinavia, where Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish speakers adopted it as Henrik.
In Finnish and Swedish church tradition, Henry (Finnish: Henrik), an English-born Bishop of Uppsala, was killed in Finland around 1156 and became the patron saint of Finland; historians debate the details and even the historicity of his mission.
Documented bearers of the Scandinavian form include the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), the Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland (1808 - 1845), and the Danish writer Henrik Pontoppidan (1857 - 1943). In 1967 the French-born Henri de Laborde de Monpezat took the Danish form Henrik when he married the future Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
How Popular is the Name Henrik?
Henrik recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2018. Its best rank was #756 in 2018.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,060 | 206 | 0.0121% |
| 2024 | #917 | 252 | 0.0147% |
| 2023 | #978 | 224 | 0.0131% |
| 2022 | #931 | 248 | 0.0142% |
| 2021 | #888 | 260 | 0.0149% |
| 2020 | #896 | 252 | 0.0146% |
| 2019 | #935 | 233 | 0.0130% |
| 2018 | #756 | 313 | 0.0172% |
| 2017 | #804 | 284 | 0.0153% |
| 2016 | #840 | 269 | 0.0142% |
| 2015 | #842 | 267 | 0.0139% |
| 2014 | #871 | 253 | 0.0132% |
| 2013 | #1,066 | 176 | 0.0093% |
| 2012 | #1,258 | 140 | 0.0074% |
| 2011 | #1,472 | 111 | 0.0058% |
| 2010 | #1,660 | 94 | 0.0049% |
| 2009 | #1,583 | 102 | 0.0051% |
| 2008 | #1,795 | 83 | 0.0041% |
| 2007 | #2,057 | 67 | 0.0032% |
| 2006 | #2,713 | 43 | 0.0021% |
| 2005 | #3,042 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2004 | #3,104 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2003 | #3,664 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #3,389 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #4,755 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #3,978 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #3,514 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #3,631 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #4,768 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #6,176 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #3,936 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1994 | #4,905 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #6,432 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #5,818 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #4,804 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #7,387 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,857 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #6,639 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #4,332 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #5,945 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #3,374 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #4,133 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #3,091 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1963 | #3,451 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #3,803 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #4,283 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1935 | #3,889 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Henrik Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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