NameTides

Huxley

Huxley was the #736 boys' name in the US in 2025 (357 babies), and #296 in England & Wales and #555 in Canada.

Huxley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Huxley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Huxley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#736 (357)#296 (153)—#555 (52)
2024#743 (346)#250 (191)#535 (5)#542 (51)
2023#619 (453)#275 (170)—#462 (62)
2022#611 (457)#290 (155)—#385 (77)
2021#586 (476)#313 (149)—#372 (84)
2020#537 (526)#318 (145)—#332 (96)
2019#588 (471)#341 (130)—#384 (81)
2018#666 (379)#371 (122)—#393 (76)
2017#792 (291)#554 (70)—#374 (84)
2016#867 (259)#525 (74)#707 (3)#425 (70)
2015#958 (215)#626 (57)—#464 (62)
2014#1,355 (126)#744 (43)—#546 (50)
2013#1,763 (82)#730 (44)—#836 (28)
2012#1,711 (88)#783 (41)—#796 (29)
2011#2,105 (63)#852 (34)—#1,003 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #537.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2002.
  • In 2025, 9% of US babies named Huxley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Huxley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 6,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Huxley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #244WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #116SDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #711INOhio: #541OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #441CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #352KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #856TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Huxley (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#54222

Huxley (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HuxleyCanadaGirls#3,0446
HuxleyCanadaBoys#55552
HuxleyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
HuxleyEngland & WalesBoys#296153
HuxleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
HuxleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HuxleyScotlandBoys—too few
HuxleyUSGirls#3,97536
HuxleyUSBoys#736357