Huey
Huey was the 2955th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 237th with 494 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,877 places. More babies were named Huey in the 1930s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,955 boys, up 568 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 42boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1935494 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,103babies recorded
Huey popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1928.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,955 | 42 |
| 2020 | #3,523 | 31 |
| 2010 | #7,261 | 11 |
| 2000 | #11,032 | 5 |
| 1990 | #4,060 | 14 |
| 1980 | #2,081 | 26 |
| 1970 | #1,161 | 51 |
| 1960 | #888 | 74 |
| 1950 | #789 | 75 |
| 1940 | #584 | 103 |
| 1930 | #447 | 174 |
| 1920 | #995 | 48 |
| 1910 | #767 | 16 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | #846 | 7 |
| 1880 | #981 | 5 |
How popular is Huey, counting every spelling?
Huey is the most common spelling of a name family that had 52 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 52 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huey | 42 | #2,955 | 201 |
| Huy | 10 | #7,874 | 48 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Huey?
42 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Huey (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Huey born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 200 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Huey.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Huey?
About 2,800 people born in the US named Huey are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 40 and 75. That makes Huey a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Huey by state
How common Huey was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Huey: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Huey, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Huey
How popular is the name Huey?
Huey was the 2955th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 237th with 494 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,877 places. More babies were named Huey in the 1930s than in any other decade.
Is Huey a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Huey in the US.
Where is Huey most popular?
In 2021–2025, Huey was most common in Arizona (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Texas.