Huey Boy
How popular is Huey?
#2,940 boy name in 2025
42 baby boys were named Huey in the US in 2025, making it the 2940th most popular boy name.
Huey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,940 for boys (▼ 25 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 42 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+180% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,742 in 2015, #3,495 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1935 (494 boys) |
| Highest rank | #237 in 1935 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Huey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Huey family of names ranked #2,075 for boys in 2025 (#2,101 the year before), with 52 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Huey | 42 | 81% |
| Huy | 10 | 19% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Huey is most popular
Babies named Huey per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (9 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Huey by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #780 |
| 1890s | 55 | #705 |
| 1900s | 67 | #656 |
| 1910s | 337 | #700 |
| 1920s | 963 | #409 |
| 1930s | 2,169 | #237 |
| 1940s | 845 | #582 |
| 1950s | 887 | #676 |
| 1960s | 581 | #807 |
| 1970s | 333 | #1,159 |
| 1980s | 199 | #1,954 |
| 1990s | 122 | #3,218 |
| 2000s | 103 | #5,777 |
| 2010s | 179 | #3,595 |
| 2020s | 232 | #2,818 |
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Questions
- Is Huey a boy or girl name?
- Huey is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Huey were boys.
- How popular is the name Huey?
- 42 baby boys were named Huey in the US in 2025, making it the 2940th most popular boy name.
- When was Huey most popular?
- Huey peaked in 1935, when 494 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #237 in 1935.
- How many people are named Huey?
- 7,103 babies have been named Huey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,006 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 65.
- Where is Huey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Huey was most common in Arizona, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.