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

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Peak · boys
1935 · 494 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,098
since 1880

Huey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Huey has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #237, 1935boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,94142
2024—#2,91543
2023—#3,34735
2022—#3,21637
2021—#2,81944
2020—#3,49731
2019—#4,33723
2018—#3,60730
2017—#4,74620
2016—#3,59630
2015—#5,74615
2014—#6,30713
2013—#5,92314
2012—#7,05011
2011—#6,57812
2010—#7,08711
2009—#6,09514
2008—#6,39313
2007—#6,62212
2006—#5,78114
2005—#7,09610
2004—#6,97610
2003—#6,71510
2002—#7,6438
2001—#8,3397
2000—#10,3495
1999—#4,16217
1998—#4,19716
1997—#5,64210
1996—#5,9829
1995—#8,8685
1994—#4,80312
1993—#5,00211
1992—#5,6609
1991—#3,22419
1990—#3,97114
1989—#2,61524
1988—#3,70513
1987—#2,11528
1986—#2,89117
1985—#3,21614
1984—#2,95615
1983—#1,95527
1982—#2,34121
1981—#3,03014
1980—#2,05826
1979—#1,86729
1978—#2,27920
1977—#1,82328
1976—#2,11322
1975—#1,47836
1974—#1,58231
1973—#1,54831
1972—#1,41836
1971—#1,16549
1970—#1,15951
1969—#1,18644
1968—#1,28235
1967—#1,07147
1966—#1,16441
1965—#1,03151
1964—#1,16144
1963—#89170
1962—#80888
1961—#81787
1960—#88674
1959—#83881
1958—#78690
1957—#750100
1956—#78589
1955—#78087
1954—#677113
1953—#81977
1952—#73392
1951—#76683
1950—#78875
1949—#72290
1948—#73783
1947—#80174
1946—#79370
1945—#76764
1944—#65690
1943—#74076
1942—#64697
1941—#60398
1940—#582103
1939—#514122
1938—#450165
1937—#378214
1936—#288353
1935—#237494
1934—#402187
1933—#447154
1932—#478144
1931—#443162
1930—#447174
1929—#424193
1928#4,7255#409216
1927—#576115
1926—#84062
1925—#91654
1924—#75977
1923—#80369
1922—#79471
1921—#92058
1920—#98748
1919—#94950
1918—#1,03542
1917—#1,09237
1916—#99841
1915—#1,01539
1914—#88438
1913—#95027
1912—#70037
1911—#1,11710
1910—#75516
1909—#1,0209
1908—#1,0218
1907—#9309
1906—#8529
1905—#9198
1904—#1,0646
1903—#65612
1902—#1,0136
1901——
1900——
1899—#7149
1898——
1897—#1,0575
1896—#8268
1895—#1,0795
1894—#8577
1893—#7059
1892—#1,0665
1891——
1890—#8147
1889——
1888——
1887——
1886—#9595
1885—#9365
1884——
1883——
1882—#9435
1881—#7816
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

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 1885

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Huey
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1935 at #237 (494 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1919–1963
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,108
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 30.6% of all boys named Huey (2,169) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s26#781 (1881)#906
1890s55#705 (1893)#890
1900s67#656 (1903)#934
1910s337#700 (1912)#950
1920s963#409 (1928)#743
1930s2,169#237 (1935)#408
1940s845#582 (1940)#705
1950s887#677 (1954)#772
1960s581#808 (1962)#1,030
1970s333#1,159 (1970)#1,643
1980s199#1,955 (1983)#2,688
1990s122#3,224 (1991)#5,151
2000s103#5,781 (2006)#7,201
2010s179#3,596 (2016)#5,498
2020s232#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 1885

boys
#936
5 births · 1 in 21,560 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #936Huey5
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 21,560 of them was named Huey, which outranked 14.7% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Huey
  1. #836Wheeler6
  2. #836Zenas6
  3. #836Zollie6
  4. #936Huey5
  5. #936Ada5
  6. #936Albion5
  7. #936Alcide5

Tied with 161 names at #936; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. ↑ 426Bryant#848 → #422
  2. ↑ 424Butler#971 → #547
  3. ↑ 424Cyril#971 → #547
  4. ↑ 409Gerhard#848 → #439
  5. ↑ 394Rowland#971 → #577
Fallers
  1. ↓ 520Clarance#416 → #936
  2. ↓ 416Oswald#520 → #936
  3. ↓ 389Doctor#547 → #936
  4. ↓ 366Dexter#570 → #936
  5. ↓ 366Gustaf#570 → #936

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1885 →