# Huxley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/huxley/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “woodland clearing”, “glade”, “insult”, “scorn”, “mockery” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhʌksli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,230 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,734 / 496 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,683, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The first element could also be husc (“insult, scorn, mockery”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 17,797 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,695 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,297 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,821 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,116 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,191 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,429 |
| 2018 | 48 | 3,312 |
| 2019 | 58 | 2,870 |
| 2020 | 46 | 3,356 |
| 2021 | 60 | 2,834 |
| 2022 | 47 | 3,387 |
| 2023 | 48 | 3,348 |
| 2024 | 31 | 4,512 |
| 2025 | 36 | 4,017 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 63 | 2,112 |
| 2012 | 88 | 1,718 |
| 2013 | 82 | 1,771 |
| 2014 | 126 | 1,357 |
| 2015 | 215 | 960 |
| 2016 | 259 | 867 |
| 2017 | 291 | 792 |
| 2018 | 379 | 668 |
| 2019 | 471 | 588 |
| 2020 | 526 | 538 |
| 2021 | 476 | 586 |
| 2022 | 457 | 611 |
| 2023 | 453 | 620 |
| 2024 | 346 | 743 |
| 2025 | 357 | 736 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 852 |
| 2012 | 41 | 783 |
| 2013 | 44 | 730 |
| 2014 | 43 | 744 |
| 2015 | 57 | 626 |
| 2016 | 74 | 525 |
| 2017 | 70 | 554 |
| 2018 | 122 | 371 |
| 2019 | 130 | 341 |
| 2020 | 145 | 318 |
| 2021 | 149 | 313 |
| 2022 | 155 | 290 |
| 2023 | 170 | 275 |
| 2024 | 191 | 250 |
| 2025 | 153 | 296 |

## 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.