Henry or Jacob

Henry is the more popular boy name in Canada, #12 to #19 in 2024. Henry is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #13 to #41 in 2025. Henry is the more popular boy name in the USA, #6 to #41 in 2024.

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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 Jacob, in that place's most recent complete year.HenryJacob#1#25#50#100Canada#12 → #19 ↓7England and Wales#13 → #41 ↓28USA#6 → #41 ↓35Alberta#5 → #31 ↓26British Columbia#8 → #55 ↓47Ontario#6 → #23 ↓17Quebec#96 → #11 ↑85
PlaceYear Henry Jacob Ahead
Canada2024#12#19Henry
England and Wales2025#13#41Henry
USA2024#6#41Henry
Alberta2024#5#31Henry
British Columbia2024#8#55Henry
Ontario2024#6#23Henry
Quebec2024#96#11Jacob

Henry and Jacob in Canada, 2020–2024

Henry climbed from #19 in 2020 to #12 in 2024 in Canada. Jacob slipped from #9 in 2020 to #19 in 2024 in Canada. Henry passed Jacob in 2024.

Henry and Jacob ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#12 Henry#19 Jacob20202021202220232024

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Henry and Jacob in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Henry slipped from #11 in 2020 to #13 in 2025 in England and Wales. Jacob slipped from #19 in 2020 to #41 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Henry and Jacob ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#13 Henry#41 Jacob202020212022202320242025

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Henry and Jacob in the USA, 2020–2024

Henry climbed from #9 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in the USA. Jacob slipped from #15 in 2020 to #41 in 2024 in the USA.

Henry and Jacob ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#6 Henry#41 Jacob20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Henry
Adam or HenryAlfie or HenryArchie or HenryArlo or HenryArthur or HenryAsher or HenryBenjamin or HenryDaniel or HenryElijah or HenryEthan or HenryEzra or HenryFinley or HenryFreddie or HenryGeorge or HenryHarry or HenryHenry or HudsonHenry or JackHenry or JamesHenry or JudeHenry or LeoHenry or LeviHenry or LiamHenry or LoganHenry or LucaHenry or LucasHenry or MateoHenry or MichaelHenry or MilesHenry or MohammedHenry or MuhammadHenry or NathanHenry or NoahHenry or OliverHenry or OscarHenry or OwenHenry or RoryHenry or SamuelHenry or SebastianHenry or TheoHenry or TheodoreHenry or ThomasHenry or WilliamHenry or WyattHenry or Zorawar
More head-to-heads with Jacob
Adam or JacobArthur or JacobBenjamin or JacobCharles or JacobEdouard or JacobEmile or JacobEthan or JacobJack or JacobJacob or JamesJacob or JulesJacob or LaurentJacob or LeoJacob or LeviJacob or LiamJacob or LoganJacob or LouisJacob or LucasJacob or NathanJacob or NoahJacob or OliverJacob or RaphaelJacob or TheoJacob or TheodoreJacob or ThomasJacob or William

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.