Huxley
- #3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births
- #736 for boys in 2025, 357 births
- Given to boys 90.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 526 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,734since 2002
Huxley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,975 | 36 | #736 | 357 |
| 2024 | #4,473 | 31 | #743 | 346 |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | #619 | 453 |
| 2022 | #3,365 | 47 | #611 | 457 |
| 2021 | #2,818 | 60 | #586 | 476 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | #537 | 526 |
| 2019 | #2,856 | 58 | #588 | 471 |
| 2018 | #3,293 | 48 | #666 | 379 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #792 | 291 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #867 | 259 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #958 | 215 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #1,355 | 126 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #1,763 | 82 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #1,711 | 88 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #2,105 | 63 |
| 2010 | — | #2,826 | 42 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,744 | 28 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
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| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
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First appearance
2002
The first year at least five boys were named Huxley! It came in at #8,456, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2003–2004, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Huxley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Dakota#116 · 1 in 349
- North Dakota#226 · 1 in 671
- Wisconsin#244 · 1 in 976
- Nebraska#335 · 1 in 1,260
- Kansas#352 · 1 in 1,405
Best ever in a state: #104 in South Dakota, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #116 | 11 | 1 in 349 |
| North Dakota | #226 | 5 | 1 in 671 |
| Wisconsin | #244 | 24 | 1 in 976 |
| Nebraska | #335 | 7 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Kansas | #352 | 10 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Arkansas | #398 | 8 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Minnesota | #420 | 13 | 1 in 1,885 |
| Colorado | #441 | 13 | 1 in 2,065 |
| Missouri | #457 | 13 | 1 in 2,139 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 8 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Michigan | #540 | 15 | 1 in 2,680 |
| Ohio | #541 | 19 | 1 in 2,765 |
| Tennessee | #551 | 13 | 1 in 2,828 |
| South Carolina | #552 | 8 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Oregon | #604 | 5 | 1 in 3,012 |
| Utah | #621 | 6 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Kentucky | #625 | 6 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| North Carolina | #678 | 13 | 1 in 3,959 |
| Georgia | #710 | 13 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Indiana | #711 | 8 | 1 in 3,958 |
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| Arizona | #781 | 7 | 1 in 4,675 |
| Texas | #856 | 30 | 1 in 5,835 |
| Pennsylvania | #913 | 8 | 1 in 6,532 |
| New York | #950 | 13 | 1 in 6,494 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| Florida | #1,191 | 10 | 1 in 9,553 |
| California | #1,299 | 14 | 1 in 12,534 |
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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 Huxley
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 7 spots since 2024 (#743 → #736)
- 199 spots since 2020 (#537 → #736)
- 222 spots since 2015 (#958 → #736)
- Biggest jump: 397 spots in 2015
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2002
- Peaked 2020 at #537 (526 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,282
- Highest: 1 in 3,282 boys born in 2020 were named Huxley (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,785 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 55.2% of all boys named Huxley (2,615) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 103 | #3,721 (2009) | #6,842 |
| 2010s | 2,016 | #588 (2019) | #1,363 |
| 2020s | 2,615 | #537 (2020) | #639 |
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.
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