Henrique
Meaning
home ruler (Portuguese form of the German Heinrich)
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Henrique has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Popularity in Brazil
305,630 people · the #95 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 664 · median age 18
Among people named Henrique living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 35,151 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Henrique
Most people given the name Henrique in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Henrique deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Henrique truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Henrique fits with your family’s names and surname.
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