Huntley — #1697 US boys' name
994 babies named Huntley in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Huntley was born in this single decade.
98 babies were named Huntley in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Huntley
The Social Security Administration has registered 994 babies named Huntley between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Huntley currently holds the #1697 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 98 babies received it in a single year. Huntley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 696 additional births since 2008.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Huntley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 480 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Huntley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Huntley in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Huntley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 994 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Huntley at a glance
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Huntley popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1925
- Peak year (2024)
- 98
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
Currently ranks #1697 among boys.
994 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 98 births in a single year.
Huntley popularity over time — girls
696 total births recorded since 2008 (Huntley as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Huntley accounts for 41% of total recorded use across both genders.
Huntley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 480 births that decade — 48% of Huntley's all-time total
Huntley decade highlights
- Peak decade 480 births
- Runner-up 396 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Huntley's strongest decade
480 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Huntley by state
Where Huntley concentrates geographically — total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 31 | 3.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 22 | 2.2% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 21 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Wisconsin | | 17 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #6 | California | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 7 | 0.7% |
31 of 994 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 3.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.1% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 1.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Huntley appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1925–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.