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
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 494 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,098since 1880
Huey over time
Rank among boys' names. Huey has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,941 | 42 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,915 | 43 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,347 | 35 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,819 | 44 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,497 | 31 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,337 | 23 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,607 | 30 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,596 | 30 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,615 | 24 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,115 | 28 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,058 | 26 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,867 | 29 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,823 | 28 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,113 | 22 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,478 | 36 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,582 | 31 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,418 | 36 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,165 | 49 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,159 | 51 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,186 | 44 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,071 | 47 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,164 | 41 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,031 | 51 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,161 | 44 | |
| 1963 | — | #891 | 70 | |
| 1962 | — | #808 | 88 | |
| 1961 | — | #817 | 87 | |
| 1960 | — | #886 | 74 | |
| 1959 | — | #838 | 81 | |
| 1958 | — | #786 | 90 | |
| 1957 | — | #750 | 100 | |
| 1956 | — | #785 | 89 | |
| 1955 | — | #780 | 87 | |
| 1954 | — | #677 | 113 | |
| 1953 | — | #819 | 77 | |
| 1952 | — | #733 | 92 | |
| 1951 | — | #766 | 83 | |
| 1950 | — | #788 | 75 | |
| 1949 | — | #722 | 90 | |
| 1948 | — | #737 | 83 | |
| 1947 | — | #801 | 74 | |
| 1946 | — | #793 | 70 | |
| 1945 | — | #767 | 64 | |
| 1944 | — | #656 | 90 | |
| 1943 | — | #740 | 76 | |
| 1942 | — | #646 | 97 | |
| 1941 | — | #603 | 98 | |
| 1940 | — | #582 | 103 | |
| 1939 | — | #514 | 122 | |
| 1938 | — | #450 | 165 | |
| 1937 | — | #378 | 214 | |
| 1936 | — | #288 | 353 | |
| 1935 | — | #237 | 494 | |
| 1934 | — | #402 | 187 | |
| 1933 | — | #447 | 154 | |
| 1932 | — | #478 | 144 | |
| 1931 | — | #443 | 162 | |
| 1930 | — | #447 | 174 | |
| 1929 | — | #424 | 193 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #409 | 216 |
| 1927 | — | #576 | 115 | |
| 1926 | — | #840 | 62 | |
| 1925 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1924 | — | #759 | 77 | |
| 1923 | — | #803 | 69 | |
| 1922 | — | #794 | 71 | |
| 1921 | — | #920 | 58 | |
| 1920 | — | #987 | 48 | |
| 1919 | — | #949 | 50 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,035 | 42 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,092 | 37 | |
| 1916 | — | #998 | 41 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1914 | — | #884 | 38 | |
| 1913 | — | #950 | 27 | |
| 1912 | — | #700 | 37 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#214 · 1 in 1,355
- Alabama#271 · 1 in 2,778
- North Carolina#532 · 1 in 10,285
- Texas#887 · 1 in 16,327
Best ever in a state: #14 in Louisiana, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #214 | 25 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Alabama | #271 | 14 | 1 in 2,778 |
| North Carolina | #532 | 5 | 1 in 10,285 |
| Texas | #887 | 6 | 1 in 16,327 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Huey
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1935 at #237 (494 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1919–1963
- 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%)
- 30.6% of all boys named Huey (2,169) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #781 (1881) | #906 |
| 1890s | 55 | #705 (1893) | #890 |
| 1900s | 67 | #656 (1903) | #934 |
| 1910s | 337 | #700 (1912) | #950 |
| 1920s | 963 | #409 (1928) | #743 |
| 1930s | 2,169 | #237 (1935) | #408 |
| 1940s | 845 | #582 (1940) | #705 |
| 1950s | 887 | #677 (1954) | #772 |
| 1960s | 581 | #808 (1962) | #1,030 |
| 1970s | 333 | #1,159 (1970) | #1,643 |
| 1980s | 199 | #1,955 (1983) | #2,688 |
| 1990s | 122 | #3,224 (1991) | #5,151 |
| 2000s | 103 | #5,781 (2006) | #7,201 |
| 2010s | 179 | #3,596 (2016) | #5,498 |
| 2020s | 232 | #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 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 21,140 of them was named Huey, which outranked 82.4% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).