Hennie
Hennie is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Hendrik, Henry, Hendrick, Henrique, Henriette, Henrietta, Harriett, Harrietta, or Hendrickus. It may refer to:
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Hennie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hennie is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Hendrik, Henry, Hendrick, Henrique, Henriette, Henrietta, Harriett, Harrietta, or Hendrickus. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Hennie
Hennie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1882, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 12 births, good for #2,552 nationwide. About 30% of every Hennie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Hennie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1956, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 219 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Hennie
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About the name Hennie
Hennie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 219 births in the dataset. Hennie's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,552. Use the chart and map above to compare Hennie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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