Henry or Thomas

Thomas is the more popular boy name in Canada, #10 to #12 in 2024. Henry is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #13 to #35 in 2025. Henry is the more popular boy name in the USA, #6 to #39 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.

Where each place ranks Henry against Thomas, in that place's most recent complete year.HenryThomas#1#25#50#100Canada#12 → #10 ↑2England and Wales#13 → #35 ↓22USA#6 → #39 ↓33Alberta#5 → #23 ↓18British Columbia#8 → #21 ↓13Ontario#6 → #24 ↓18Quebec#96 → #5 ↑91
PlaceYear Henry Thomas Ahead
Canada2024#12#10Thomas
England and Wales2025#13#35Henry
USA2024#6#39Henry
Alberta2024#5#23Henry
British Columbia2024#8#21Henry
Ontario2024#6#24Henry
Quebec2024#96#5Thomas

Henry and Thomas in Canada, 2020–2024

Henry climbed from #19 in 2020 to #12 in 2024 in Canada. Thomas climbed from #12 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in Canada.

Henry and Thomas ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#10 Thomas#12 Henry20202021202220232024

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Henry and Thomas in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Henry slipped from #11 in 2020 to #13 in 2025 in England and Wales. Thomas slipped from #15 in 2020 to #35 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Henry and Thomas ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#13 Henry#35 Thomas202020212022202320242025

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Henry and Thomas in the USA, 2020–2024

Henry climbed from #9 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in the USA. Thomas climbed from #45 in 2020 to #39 in 2024 in the USA.

Henry and Thomas ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#6 Henry#39 Thomas20202021202220232024

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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.