George or Henry
Henry is the more popular boy name in Canada, #12 to #93 in 2024. George is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #7 to #13 in 2025. Henry is the more popular boy name in the USA, #6 to #124 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.
Place by place
Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.
| Place | Year | George | Henry | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2024 | #93 | #12 | Henry |
| England and Wales | 2025 | #7 | #13 | George |
| USA | 2024 | #124 | #6 | Henry |
| Alberta | 2024 | #56 | #5 | Henry |
| British Columbia | 2024 | #98 | #8 | Henry |
| Ontario | 2024 | #95 | #6 | Henry |
| Quebec | 2024 | #181 | #96 | Henry |
George and Henry in Canada, 2020–2024
George climbed from #111 in 2020 to #93 in 2024 in Canada. Henry climbed from #19 in 2020 to #12 in 2024 in Canada.
George and Henry in England and Wales, 2020–2025
George slipped from #2 in 2020 to #7 in 2025 in England and Wales. Henry slipped from #11 in 2020 to #13 in 2025 in England and Wales.
George and Henry in the USA, 2020–2024
George climbed from #133 in 2020 to #124 in 2024 in the USA. Henry climbed from #9 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in the USA.
Other comparisons
How this comparison is built
Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.
A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.