Boys' name · since 2016
Hux
146 babies named Hux in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,922 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,832 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 146
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
146 babies have been named Hux since 2016, making it today's #5832 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Hux recorded 146 times among boys since 2016, holding rank #5832 nationally today, ahead of 58% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #14,922 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,832 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 146 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hux ranks #14,922 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,832 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 146 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,922 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,832 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 146
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hux's 146 recorded births place it above 67.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hux compares
146 32nd percentile among 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
Hux's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hux | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 146 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hux's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hux's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hux popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Hux by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (112 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Hux's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Hux births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 34
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
112 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 112 births (77% of all-time use).
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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, 2016–2025 (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 Hux 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.