Heinrich
About Heinrich
Traditional German names of this ilk have had a difficult time emigrating into the American name pool, mostly because anti-German sentiment during the two world wars of the 20th century drove German names out of fashion. One of Heinrich's nicknames, Harro, might do better.
Pronounced HYN-rikh (hard G).
As of October 2026, Heinrich ranked #4768 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2941 in 1969.
Editor's take: The name Heinrich is a boy's name of German, Dutch origin meaning "estate ruler".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,603 | 21 | 11 |
| 2016 | #4,378 | 23 | 12.1 |
| 2017 | #4,518 | 22 | 11.9 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | #4,060 | 25 | 14.5 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,104 | 26 | 15.1 |
| 2025 | #4,768 | 21 | 12.3 |
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Heinrich on lists
Famous Heinrichs
- Heinrich Harrer
Austrian mountaineer and author
- Heinrich Heine
German writer
- Heinrich Himmler
Nazi SS commander
- Heinrich Otto Wieland
winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Heinrich Böll
winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Heinrich Rohrer
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Heinrich Scholz
German logician and philosopher
- Heinrich Gottlob "Heiner" Rau
East German politician
- (Ernst) Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué
Prussian general
- Heinrich Gustav Johannes Kayser
German physicist
- Heinrich Franz Bernhard Müller
German civil engineer