Hendrix
Feminine · “son of Hendrik”
Hendrix is given to both — 856 girls and 13,540 boys since 1880. See Hendrix as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Hendrix is a Dutch patronymic meaning son of Hendrik — which is Henry, a Germanic name about ruling a household. It became a given name because of one guitarist.
How old is the name Hendrix?
Hendrix first appears in US birth records in 2005 — 20 years ago. The typical Hendrix is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Hendrix are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Hendrix most popular?
Hendrix peaked in 2021, reaching #1955 nationally. Today it ranks #3577, 1,622 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Heimirich to Hendrix
The story of Hendrix
Heimirich was a Frankish name that became Henry in England and Hendrik in the Low Countries, and Dutch patronymics turned it into Hendrix and Hendriks. The surname reached America with Dutch settlement. Its move into given names is very recent and rests entirely on an American guitarist of the surname whose four years of recording changed the instrument; it is given to girls and boys alike.
Meaning
son of Hendrik, that is, of Henry
From Germanic haim, a home, and ric, a ruler; Dutch made Hendrik of it and added the possessive s, written as an x in the Dutch and Flemish way — the same convention that gives Hendriks and Jacobs their forms.
How the name formed
- Heimirich
- Hendrik
- Hendrix
Related forms: Hendriks · Henry · Heinrich
Pronouncing Hendrix
HEN-driks
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Hendrix
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2005
- Most girls named
- 2021100 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1955reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −19.2%42 in 2025, from 52
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Hendrix in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Hendriks in Dutch — spelling variant
- Henry in English — related form
- Heinrich in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Hendrixs among us
people named Hendrix are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 38,268 born in 2025 was named Hendrix
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Teal test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Hendrix's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Teal climbed just as high around 1961, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Teal's path sketches the road Hendrix is walking now.
Hendrix sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Hendrix is headed
Hendrix is easing off slowly — about 17% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Hendrix beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Hendrix in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning inherited from one of the great European royal names.
- The x gives it a hard finish that carries across a room.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- The guitarist is the whole reason the name exists in front, and it will be the first thing said.
- It reads as a boy's name to many people, so she will correct that.
- It reads as a surname to people meeting it in front of another one.
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Feminine · #3577 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Hendrixs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Hendrix are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Hendrix in 2025?
- Hendrix ranks #3577 among US girl names in 2025, with 42 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Hendrix?
- About 1 in every 38,268 US girls born in 2025 was named Hendrix — 42 in all.
- Will my child share the name Hendrix with classmates?
- Hendrix will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Hendrix
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