Henrietta

“Variant of Henry — Ruler of the home” — Germanic (Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks, via French Henriette) origin

Girl's name · #2666 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Henrietta was #105 in 1892, slipped to #12247 by 2005, and has climbed back to #2666 today. Roughly 51,000 girls have been named Henrietta since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Henrietta's short forms are Etta, Hettie, Henny, and Hetty.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,100 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Henriettas

Henrietta Swan Leavitt — American astronomer and human calculator (1868–1921)
Henrietta Maria of France — queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I
Henrietta Lacks — American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line (1920–1951)
Henrietta of England — English princess, duchesse of Orléans (1644-1670)
Henrietta Szold — American Zionist (1860–1945)

In stories & tradition

Henrietta Lange — NCIS: Los Angeles
Henrietta Penrose — 86
Henrietta — Gunslinger Girl

What Henriettas become

Among 257 notable people named Henrietta:

Artists & writers appear 2.16× more often than among typical names — e.g. Henrietta Rae, English painter (1859–1928).

Similar names: Henny · Ollie · Hensley · Delta · Lula · Golda

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