Name profile

Henrik

Form of Heinrich in several languages.

PronunciationSwedish /ˈhɛn.rɪk/; Danish /ˈhɛn.ʁæɡ/; German /ˈhɛn.ʁɪk/; Hungarian /ˈhɛn.rik/; Eastern Armenian /hɛn.ˈɾik/; Western Armenian /hɛn.ˈɾiɡ/
Usage languagesArmenian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Low German, Norwegian, Slovene, Swedish
US rank (2025)#1,060

Meaning and history

A form of Heinrich, see Henry, used in several languages. A well-known bearer was the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906).

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 43 births, rank #2,698
2007: 67 births, rank #2,051
2008: 83 births, rank #1,792
2009: 102 births, rank #1,581
2010: 94 births, rank #1,652
20112011: 111 births, rank #1,468
2012: 140 births, rank #1,258
2013: 176 births, rank #1,065
2014: 253 births, rank #870
2015: 267 births, rank #841
20162016: 269 births, rank #839
2017: 284 births, rank #804
2018: 313 births, rank #758
2019: 233 births, rank #935
2020: 252 births, rank #896
20212021: 260 births, rank #887
2022: 248 births, rank #929
2023: 224 births, rank #977
2024: 252 births, rank #919
20252025: 206 births, rank #1,060

Henrik rose from #980 to #920 for boys between 2023 and 2024. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 313 births.