Huey

Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,725 · #2,941 for boys in 2025, 42 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1935 · 494 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,098
since 1880

Huey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Huey has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #237, 1935boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,94142
2024#2,91543
2023#3,34735
2022#3,21637
2021#2,81944
2020#3,49731
2019#4,33723
2018#3,60730
2017#4,74620
2016#3,59630
2015#5,74615
2014#6,30713
2013#5,92314
2012#7,05011
2011#6,57812
2010#7,08711
2009#6,09514
2008#6,39313
2007#6,62212
2006#5,78114
2005#7,09610
2004#6,97610
2003#6,71510
2002#7,6438
2001#8,3397
2000#10,3495
1999#4,16217
1998#4,19716
1997#5,64210
1996#5,9829
1995#8,8685
1994#4,80312
1993#5,00211
1992#5,6609
1991#3,22419
1990#3,97114
1989#2,61524
1988#3,70513
1987#2,11528
1986#2,89117
1985#3,21614
1984#2,95615
1983#1,95527
1982#2,34121
1981#3,03014
1980#2,05826
1979#1,86729
1978#2,27920
1977#1,82328
1976#2,11322
1975#1,47836
1974#1,58231
1973#1,54831
1972#1,41836
1971#1,16549
1970#1,15951
1969#1,18644
1968#1,28235
1967#1,07147
1966#1,16441
1965#1,03151
1964#1,16144
1963#89170
1962#80888
1961#81787
1960#88674
1959#83881
1958#78690
1957#750100
1956#78589
1955#78087
1954#677113
1953#81977
1952#73392
1951#76683
1950#78875
1949#72290
1948#73783
1947#80174
1946#79370
1945#76764
1944#65690
1943#74076
1942#64697
1941#60398
1940#582103
1939#514122
1938#450165
1937#378214
1936#288353
1935#237494
1934#402187
1933#447154
1932#478144
1931#443162
1930#447174
1929#424193
1928#4,7255#409216
1927#576115
1926#84062
1925#91654
1924#75977
1923#80369
1922#79471
1921#92058
1920#98748
1919#94950
1918#1,03542
1917#1,09237
1916#99841
1915#1,01539
1914#88438
1913#95027
1912#70037
1911#1,11710
1910#75516
1909#1,0209
1908#1,0218
1907#9309
1906#8529
1905#9198
1904#1,0646
1903#65612
1902#1,0136
1901
1900
1899#7149
1898
1897#1,0575
1896#8268
1895#1,0795
1894#8577
1893#7059
1892#1,0665
1891
1890#8147
1889
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885#9365
1884
1883
1882#9435
1881#7816
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Huey was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Huey
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 26 spots since 2024 (#2,915#2,941)
  • 556 spots since 2020 (#3,497#2,941)
  • 2,805 spots since 2015 (#5,746#2,941)
  • Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1912 (#1,117#700)
  • Biggest drop: 408 spots in 1904 (#656#1,064)
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1935 at #237 (494 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1919–1963
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,108
  • Highest: 1 in 2,108 boys born in 1935 were named Huey (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 40,668 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 30.6% of all boys named Huey (2,169) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s26#781 (1881)#906
1890s55#705 (1893)#890
1900s67#656 (1903)#934
1910s337#700 (1912)#950
1920s963#409 (1928)#743
1930s2,169#237 (1935)#408
1940s845#582 (1940)#705
1950s887#677 (1954)#772
1960s581#808 (1962)#1,030
1970s333#1,159 (1970)#1,643
1980s199#1,955 (1983)#2,688
1990s122#3,224 (1991)#5,151
2000s103#5,781 (2006)#7,201
2010s179#3,596 (2016)#5,498
2020s232#2,819 (2021)#3,123

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Huey in 1924

boys
#759
77 births · 1 in 14,711 boys

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #759Huey77
More about 1924

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 14,711 of them was named Huey, which outranked 84.7% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Huey
  1. #752Hamilton78
  2. #752Howell78
  3. #752Parker78
  4. #759Huey77
  5. #759Beryl77
  6. #759Blair77
  7. #759Carlyle77
  8. #771Barton76
  9. #771Bradford76
  10. #771Dante76

Tied with 11 names at #759; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1924