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
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 494 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,098since 1880
Huey over time
Rank among boys' names. Huey has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,941 | 42 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,915 | 43 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,347 | 35 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,819 | 44 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,497 | 31 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,337 | 23 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,607 | 30 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,596 | 30 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,615 | 24 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,115 | 28 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,058 | 26 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,867 | 29 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,823 | 28 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,113 | 22 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,478 | 36 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,582 | 31 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,418 | 36 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,165 | 49 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,159 | 51 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,186 | 44 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,071 | 47 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,164 | 41 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,031 | 51 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,161 | 44 | |
| 1963 | — | #891 | 70 | |
| 1962 | — | #808 | 88 | |
| 1961 | — | #817 | 87 | |
| 1960 | — | #886 | 74 | |
| 1959 | — | #838 | 81 | |
| 1958 | — | #786 | 90 | |
| 1957 | — | #750 | 100 | |
| 1956 | — | #785 | 89 | |
| 1955 | — | #780 | 87 | |
| 1954 | — | #677 | 113 | |
| 1953 | — | #819 | 77 | |
| 1952 | — | #733 | 92 | |
| 1951 | — | #766 | 83 | |
| 1950 | — | #788 | 75 | |
| 1949 | — | #722 | 90 | |
| 1948 | — | #737 | 83 | |
| 1947 | — | #801 | 74 | |
| 1946 | — | #793 | 70 | |
| 1945 | — | #767 | 64 | |
| 1944 | — | #656 | 90 | |
| 1943 | — | #740 | 76 | |
| 1942 | — | #646 | 97 | |
| 1941 | — | #603 | 98 | |
| 1940 | — | #582 | 103 | |
| 1939 | — | #514 | 122 | |
| 1938 | — | #450 | 165 | |
| 1937 | — | #378 | 214 | |
| 1936 | — | #288 | 353 | |
| 1935 | — | #237 | 494 | |
| 1934 | — | #402 | 187 | |
| 1933 | — | #447 | 154 | |
| 1932 | — | #478 | 144 | |
| 1931 | — | #443 | 162 | |
| 1930 | — | #447 | 174 | |
| 1929 | — | #424 | 193 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #409 | 216 |
| 1927 | — | #576 | 115 | |
| 1926 | — | #840 | 62 | |
| 1925 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1924 | — | #759 | 77 | |
| 1923 | — | #803 | 69 | |
| 1922 | — | #794 | 71 | |
| 1921 | — | #920 | 58 | |
| 1920 | — | #987 | 48 | |
| 1919 | — | #949 | 50 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,035 | 42 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,092 | 37 | |
| 1916 | — | #998 | 41 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1914 | — | #884 | 38 | |
| 1913 | — | #950 | 27 | |
| 1912 | — | #700 | 37 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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.
Where Huey is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#22 · 1 in 120
- Alabama#234 · 1 in 1,812
- Mississippi#301 · 1 in 2,493
- Texas#600 · 1 in 6,448
Best ever in a state: #14 in Louisiana, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #22 | 160 | 1 in 120 |
| Alabama | #234 | 15 | 1 in 1,812 |
| Mississippi | #301 | 8 | 1 in 2,493 |
| Texas | #600 | 9 | 1 in 6,448 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Huey
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1935 at #237 (494 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1919–1963
- 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%)
- 30.6% of all boys named Huey (2,169) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #781 (1881) | #906 |
| 1890s | 55 | #705 (1893) | #890 |
| 1900s | 67 | #656 (1903) | #934 |
| 1910s | 337 | #700 (1912) | #950 |
| 1920s | 963 | #409 (1928) | #743 |
| 1930s | 2,169 | #237 (1935) | #408 |
| 1940s | 845 | #582 (1940) | #705 |
| 1950s | 887 | #677 (1954) | #772 |
| 1960s | 581 | #808 (1962) | #1,030 |
| 1970s | 333 | #1,159 (1970) | #1,643 |
| 1980s | 199 | #1,955 (1983) | #2,688 |
| 1990s | 122 | #3,224 (1991) | #5,151 |
| 2000s | 103 | #5,781 (2006) | #7,201 |
| 2010s | 179 | #3,596 (2016) | #5,498 |
| 2020s | 232 | #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 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 230,664 of them was named Huey, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 715 names at #4,725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 5,128 of them was named Huey, which outranked 91.3% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.