# Huey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/huey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhjuː.i/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hughie |
| US babies named this | 7,103 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,098 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 671, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the pronunciation of Hughie.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 5 | 5,024 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,749 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,227 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,032 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,437 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,832 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,625 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,817 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,649 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,389 |
| 2020 | 31 | 3,523 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,836 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,239 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,371 |
| 2024 | 43 | 2,929 |
| 2025 | 42 | 2,955 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 798 |
| 2012 | 40 | 793 |
| 2013 | 44 | 730 |
| 2014 | 38 | 805 |
| 2015 | 46 | 719 |
| 2016 | 40 | 801 |
| 2017 | 43 | 779 |
| 2018 | 38 | 821 |
| 2019 | 32 | 908 |
| 2020 | 31 | 921 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,011 |
| 2023 | 32 | 942 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,053 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,197 |

## People named Huey

- Huey Long, American politician, Governor of Louisiana, and United States Senator (1893-1935)
- Huey P. Newton, Co-founder of the Black Panther Party (1942-1989)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.