Boys' name · since 1880
Huey
7,098 babies named Huey in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,942 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,098
- born since 1880
- 1930s
- peak decade
7,098 babies have been named Huey since 1880, making it today's #2942 boys' name.
Huey has 7,098 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2942 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of boys, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,450 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,942 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 7,098 born since 1880
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Huey ranks #1,450 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,942 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 7,098 born since 1880, peaking in the 1930s.
- #1,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,942 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,098
- born since 1880
- 1930s
- peak decade
Huey's 7,098 recorded births place it above 96.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Louisiana.
How Huey compares
7,098 Top 11% higher than 89% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Huey's all-time total is 19x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Huey | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,098 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 494 | 34 | 22,252 |
Huey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Huey splits its recorded history at 1957: 28% of all births land in the more recent half, 72% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1935 peak of 494 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Huey popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1935)
- 494
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Huey popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1928 (Huey as girls' name)
Huey by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (2,169 births, 31% of the file).
1930s was Huey's strongest decade.
2,169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Huey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 26
1880s
26 births
- 1890s 55
1890s
55 births
- 1900s 67
1900s
67 births
- 1910s 337
1910s
337 births
- 1920s
1920s
963 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,169 births
- 1940s 845
1940s
845 births
- 1950s
1950s
887 births
- 1960s 581
1960s
581 births
- 1970s 333
1970s
333 births
- 1980s 199
1980s
199 births
- 1990s 122
1990s
122 births
- 2000s 103
2000s
103 births
- 2010s 179
2010s
179 births
- 2020s 232
2020s
232 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 2,169 births (31% of all-time use).
How Huey compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Huey's total volume
Huey by state
Where Huey concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 2,489 | 35.1% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 684 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 340 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 315 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 262 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 194 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 64 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Florida | | 58 | 0.8% |
2,489 of 7,098 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Huey appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Huey's data
- Huey's decade-level peak was the 1930s (2,169 total births); usage has since declined to 232 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Hueys (2,489 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Huey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Huey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.