Huntley
#2,065 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Huntley has been given to 1,847 babies in the U.S. since 1925. In 2025 it ranked #2,065 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 98 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 58% boys, 42% girls all-time.
Babies named Huntley, 2025
1 in 46,000
Huntley over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Huntley over time
In 2025, Huntley went to 54% girls and 46% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Huntley?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 46,000
- 72 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 23,700
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,065
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 31,916 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Huntley sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 31,916 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Huntley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Huntleys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Huntley was born before 2018 — so the typical Huntley is around 7 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 45.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 95.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,049
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 45.0% of all recorded uses (480).
Is Huntley rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −362
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +13
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +304
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.31×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 73.5%
- Peak was 2024 (98)
- Years since peak
- 1
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 25.5% average annual change
Spellings of Huntley
Huntley is not the most common spelling — Hunter is, with 78.4% against Huntley's 0.32%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Huntley is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Huntley was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 55,970 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1South Carolina1 in 14,286
- 2Tennessee1 in 14,286
- 3Wisconsin1 in 14,286
- 4Iowa1 in 25,000
- 5North Carolina1 in 25,000
- 6Alabama1 in 33,333
- 7Florida1 in 50,000
- 8Missouri1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Huntley is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Huntley was most concentrated in Montana — about 1 in 3,846 girls, against 1 in 45,897 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Montana1 in 3,846
- 2Mississippi1 in 6,250
- 3Arkansas1 in 9,091
- 4Alabama1 in 14,286
- 5Missouri1 in 16,667
- 6Utah1 in 25,000
- 7Virginia1 in 33,333
- 8North Carolina1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Huntley around the world
Where Huntley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2016–2025#3,256in 2025
- Canada2016–2024#2,328in 2024
- South Australia1950–1955#392in 1955
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Huntley by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Huntley
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Huntley
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.