Huxley Boy
How popular is Huxley?
#736 boy name in 2025
357 baby boys were named Huxley in the US in 2025, making it the 736th most popular boy name. Another 36 girls got the name (#3,974 for girls).
Huxley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #736 for boys (▲ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 357 boys, 36 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #958 in 2015, #537 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (526 boys) |
| Highest rank | #537 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 2002 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 90% boys, 10% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Huxley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Huxley family of names ranked #665 for boys in 2025 (#642 the year before), with 392 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Huxley | 357 | 91% |
| Huxlee | 35 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Huxley is most popular
Babies named Huxley per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 1.9 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Iowa: 1.2 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- Nebraska: 1.2 per 1,000 (51 boys)
- Montana: 1.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.9 per 1,000 (107 boys)
Huxley by decade
Boy names about as popular as Huxley
Questions
- Is Huxley a boy or girl name?
- Huxley is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 90% of babies named Huxley were boys.
- How popular is the name Huxley?
- 357 baby boys were named Huxley in the US in 2025, making it the 736th most popular boy name. Another 36 girls got the name (#3,974 for girls).
- When was Huxley most popular?
- Huxley peaked in 2020, when 526 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #537 in 2020.
- How many people are named Huxley?
- 5,230 babies have been named Huxley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,206 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Huxley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Huxley was most common in South Dakota, at 1.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.