Huxley

#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · #736 for boys in 2025, 357 births
Given to boys 90.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2020 · 526 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,734
since 2002

Huxley over time

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#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015girlsat peakboysat peak
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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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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,97536#736357
2024#4,47331#743346
2023#3,32948#619453
2022#3,36547#611457
2021#2,81860#586476
2020#3,33846#537526
2019#2,85658#588471
2018#3,29348#666379
2017#4,38432#792291
2016#5,13026#867259
2015#6,03621#958215
2014#6,71318#1,355126
2013#8,13514#1,76382
2012#14,9626#1,71188
2011#16,7645#2,10563
2010—#2,82642
2009—#3,72128
2008—#3,74428
2007—#5,66115
2006—#8,7328
2005—#6,22612
2004—#11,3565
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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 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedNHWashington: #636 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,086 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #537 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,154 boysMNIllinois: #834 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,639 boysILWisconsin: #454 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,474 boysWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedMINew York: #1,348 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 12,856 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedRIOregon: #457 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,267 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedSDIowa: #293 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,213 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedINOhio: #987 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,613 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #934 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 9,429 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedUTColorado: #685 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,613 boysCONebraska: #387 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,684 boysNEMissouri: #610 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,950 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedNMKansas: #513 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,638 boysKSArkansas: #429 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,091 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #986 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,668 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,213 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,989 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Huxley, so not publishedHITexas: #1,284 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 14,468 boysTXFlorida: #1,684 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 19,670 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#293 · 1 in 1,213
  2. Nebraska#387 · 1 in 1,684
  3. Arkansas#429 · 1 in 2,091
  4. Wisconsin#454 · 1 in 2,474
  5. Oregon#457 · 1 in 2,267

Best ever in a state: #104 in South Dakota, 2020.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#293131 in 1,213
Nebraska#38761 in 1,684
Arkansas#42971 in 2,091
Wisconsin#454111 in 2,474
Oregon#45781 in 2,267
Kansas#51361 in 2,638
Minnesota#53791 in 3,154
Missouri#61081 in 3,950
Washington#63691 in 4,086
Colorado#68561 in 4,613
Illinois#834101 in 6,639
California#934241 in 9,429
North Carolina#98661 in 8,668
Ohio#98771 in 8,613
Georgia#1,21351 in 10,989
Texas#1,284131 in 14,468
New York#1,34881 in 12,856
Florida#1,68451 in 19,670
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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 (#1,355 → #958)
  • Biggest drop: 124 spots in 2024 (#619 → #743)
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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s103#3,721 (2009)#6,842
2010s2,016#588 (2019)#1,363
2020s2,615#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.

Huxley in 2015

girls
#6,036
21 births · 1 in 85,005 girls
boys
#958
215 births · 1 in 8,915 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #6,036Huxley21

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #958Huxley215
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 85,005 of them was named Huxley, which outranked 68.4% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Huxley
  1. #5,833Zoila22
  2. #5,833Zuly22
  3. #5,833Zunaira22
  4. #6,036Huxley21
  5. #6,036Ahmiyah21
  6. #6,036Aissata21
  7. #6,036Aizlynn21
  8. #6,236Aaron20
  9. #6,236Aasiya20
  10. #6,236Aasiyah20

Tied with 199 names at #6,036; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 8,915 of them was named Huxley, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Huxley
  1. #955Davin216
  2. #955Ernest216
  3. #955Kamren216
  4. #958Huxley215
  5. #958Bodie215
  6. #958Cristopher215
  7. #958Jovani215
  8. #966Achilles214
  9. #966Anton214
  10. #966Aydan214

Tied with 7 names at #958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →