Huey

Where Huey comes from

From the pronunciation of Hughie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Huey
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1893
    Huey Long born
    American politician, Governor of Louisiana, and United States Senator
  3. 1935
    Peak, #237
    494 babies named Huey — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1937
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #378.
  5. 1942
    Huey P. Newton born
    Co-founder of the Black Panther Party
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Hugh.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Hubert.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Huey Long · American politician, Governor of Louisiana, and United States Senator, 1893–1935
  • Huey P. Newton · Co-founder of the Black Panther Party, 1942–1989
  • Huey "Piano" Smith · American R&B pianist, 1934–2023
  • Huey Dunbar · American musician, born 1974
  • Huey Richardson · All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive end, born 1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.