Hendrick
A masculine name of Dutch origin meaning "estate ruler" or "home ruler".
Name Census estimates that about 1,507 living Americans carry the first name Hendrick. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Hendrick today is around 17 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Hendrick births was 2024 (110 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Hendrick. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Hendrick with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Hendrick is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 17 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.5K
~ 1 in 227,441 Americans
Peak year
2024
110 babies that year
Average age
17
years old
2024 SSA rank
#1,567
Tracked since 1918
Census
Hendrick in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,275 people with the first name Hendrick, which placed it at #10,450 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#10,450
National first-name rank
People counted
1.3K
1,275 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
39.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Hendrick
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Hendrick is White at 39.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (28.2%) and Black (19.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Hendrick described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Hendrick at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White39.8% · 508
- Hispanic or Latino28.2% · 359
- Black or African American19.5% · 249
- Asian and Pacific Islander7.4% · 94
- Two or more races4.3% · 55
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 10
Popularity
Hendrick: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Hendrick from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 580 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Hendrick remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Hendrick by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Hendrick during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Hendricks live
The SSA's state-level files cover 16 states and territories. California, New York, Texas recorded the most babies named Hendrick, while Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 21 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Hendrick
Hendrick is a masculine given name with origins in the Dutch and Low German languages. It is a variant of the name Hendrik, which derives from the Germanic name Haimric, composed of the elements "haim" meaning "home" and "ric" meaning "power" or "ruler." The name can be traced back to the Middle Ages in the Netherlands and surrounding regions.
The earliest recorded instances of the name Hendrick date back to the 13th century in Dutch and Low German historical records. One notable early bearer of the name was Hendrick van Veldeke, a medieval Dutch poet and author who lived in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. He is considered one of the earliest known poets to write in the Dutch language.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name Hendrick gained prominence in the Netherlands during the Dutch Golden Age. Several prominent individuals bore this name, including the Dutch painter Hendrick Terbrugghen (1588-1629), known for his religious and genre paintings, and the Dutch explorer Hendrick Brouwer (1581-1644), who discovered the Brouwer Route, a shipping path in the Southern Ocean.
Another notable figure was Hendrick de Keyser (1565-1621), a Dutch Renaissance architect and sculptor, responsible for designing several iconic buildings in Amsterdam, including the Westerkerk and the Zuiderkerk. Additionally, Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634) was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his winter landscape paintings depicting scenes of ice skating and other winter activities.
In the 18th century, Hendrick Zwaardecroon (1667-1728) was a Dutch colonial governor of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) from 1718 to 1725. He played a significant role in the Dutch colonization efforts in the region.
The name Hendrick has also been used in various literary works, such as in the novel "Hendrik Conscience: The Renewal of Flemish Literature" by Henri Pirenne, published in 1910, which explores the life and work of the 19th-century Flemish writer Hendrik Conscience (1812-1883).
People
Hendrick + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Hendrick as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with H
Other first names starting with H with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Hendrick: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Hendrick?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,507 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Hendrick going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 227,441 US residents.
Is Hendrick a common name?
We classify Hendrick as "Rare". It ranks above 92.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,581 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Hendrick most popular?
The single biggest year for Hendrick was 2024, when 110 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Hendrick is about 17 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Hendrick in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,275 people with the name Hendrick, or 0.42 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #10,450 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Hendrick in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Hendrick?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Hendrick appears almost entirely male. Of the 1,278 people counted with this name, 99.6% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Hendrick?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Hendrick is White at 39.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (28.2%) and Black (19.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Hendrick most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Hendrick in the 2020 Census, accounting for 39.8% (508 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Hendrick in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Hendrick a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Hendrick in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Hendrick still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Hendrick in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Hendrick can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Hendrick?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.