Huy
Huy was the 7874th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 999th with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,266 places. More babies were named Huy in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,874 boys, down 673 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198282 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,715babies recorded
Huy popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,874 | 10 |
| 2020 | #7,201 | 11 |
| 2010 | #4,741 | 20 |
| 2000 | #3,241 | 26 |
| 1990 | #1,671 | 49 |
| 1980 | #1,331 | 50 |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Huy, counting every spelling?
Huy is a spelling of Huey, 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 Huy?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Huy (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Huy 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 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Huy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Huy?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Huy are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 23 and 41. That makes Huy mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Huy: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Huy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Huy
How popular is the name Huy?
Huy was the 7874th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 999th with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,266 places. More babies were named Huy in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Huy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Huy in the US.