Henry or Hudson

Henry is the more popular boy name in Canada, #12 to #27 in 2024. Henry is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #13 to #43 in 2025. Henry is the more popular boy name in the USA, #6 to #22 in 2024.

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.

Where each place ranks Henry against Hudson, in that place's most recent complete year.HenryHudson#1#50#100#250Canada#12 → #27 ↓15England and Wales#13 → #43 ↓30USA#6 → #22 ↓16Alberta#5 → #19 ↓14British Columbia#8 → #16 ↓8Ontario#6 → #20 ↓14Quebec#96 → #246 ↓150
PlaceYear Henry Hudson Ahead
Canada2024#12#27Henry
England and Wales2025#13#43Henry
USA2024#6#22Henry
Alberta2024#5#19Henry
British Columbia2024#8#16Henry
Ontario2024#6#20Henry
Quebec2024#96#246Henry

Henry and Hudson in Canada, 2020–2024

Henry climbed from #19 in 2020 to #12 in 2024 in Canada. Hudson climbed from #31 in 2020 to #27 in 2024 in Canada.

Henry and Hudson ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#12 Henry#27 Hudson20202021202220232024

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Henry and Hudson in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Henry slipped from #11 in 2020 to #13 in 2025 in England and Wales. Hudson climbed from #69 in 2020 to #43 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Henry and Hudson ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#13 Henry#43 Hudson202020212022202320242025

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Henry and Hudson in the USA, 2020–2024

Henry climbed from #9 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in the USA. Hudson climbed from #43 in 2020 to #22 in 2024 in the USA.

Henry and Hudson ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#6 Henry#22 Hudson20202021202220232024

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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.