# Huw (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/huw/  
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 | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /hɪw/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,349, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Welsh Huw.

## 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.

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 638 |
| 2012 | 47 | 704 |
| 2013 | 38 | 804 |
| 2014 | 42 | 754 |
| 2015 | 34 | 888 |
| 2016 | 41 | 790 |
| 2017 | 32 | 943 |
| 2018 | 30 | 958 |
| 2019 | 36 | 844 |
| 2020 | 35 | 845 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Huw

- Huw Nightingale, British snowboarder
- Huw Price, Australian philosopher
- Huw Merriman, British politician (born 1973)

## 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.