Huy — #9163 US boys' name
1,705 babies named Huy in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Huy was born in this single decade.
82 babies were named Huy in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Huy
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,705 babies named Huy between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Huy currently holds the #9163 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 82 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Huy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 622 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Huy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 488 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Huy in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Huy 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 1,705 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.
Huy at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Huy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (1982)
- 82
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #9163 among boys.
1,705 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 82 births in a single year.
Huy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 622 births that decade — 36% of Huy's all-time total
Huy decade highlights
- Peak decade 622 births
- Runner-up 462 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Huy's strongest decade
622 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Huy by state
Where Huy concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 488 | 28.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 195 | 11.4% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 28 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 18 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 10 | 0.6% |
488 of 1,705 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 28.6% of nationwide
- Texas 11.4% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.6% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 1.1% of nationwide
- Florida 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 28.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1975–2024 (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.