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Huxley

#736 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Woodland clearing, glade

Huxley has been given to 5,230 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #736 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 526 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Huxley, 2025

1 in 9,290

Huxley over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Huxley over time

In 2025, Huxley went to 9% girls and 91% boys.

20022025

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.

Huxley: meaning, origin, and history

Woodland clearing, glade

surname transfer

What Huxley means

Huxley means “woodland clearing, glade”, associated with lēah.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

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

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Huxley (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Huxley is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Huxley is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Huxley is pronounced /ˈhʌksli/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,734 boys were recorded with the name Huxley between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 526 in 2020; its best national rank was #538 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #538 in 2020 to #736 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #960 in 2015 to #736 in 2025.

In the United States, 496 girls were recorded with the name Huxley between 2011 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 60 in 2021; its best national rank was #2,834 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,356 in 2020 to #4,016 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,114 in 2015 to #4,016 in 2025.

How common is Huxley?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,290
357 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,780
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#736
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,438 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Huxley sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,438 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Huxley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Huxleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Huxley was born before 2020 — so the typical Huxley is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
55.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,734
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 55.2% of all recorded uses (2,615).

Is Huxley 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
+7
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−198
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+224
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.66×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
67.9%
Peak was 2020 (526)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#538
2020

Spellings of Huxley

Huxley is not the most common spelling — Harley is, with 51.7% against Huxley's 6.0%.

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 Huxley is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Huxley was most concentrated in South Dakota — about 1 in 568 boys, against 1 in 4,023 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 33,333).

3176 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Dakota1 in 568
  2. 2Iowa1 in 787
  3. 3Nebraska1 in 909
  4. 4Wisconsin1 in 1,176
  5. 5North Dakota1 in 1,333
  6. 6Minnesota1 in 1,351
  7. 7Oregon1 in 1,538
  8. 8Kansas1 in 1,639

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.

Geographically, Huxley is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 93% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Huxley is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Huxley was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 766,819 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Kansas1 in —
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —
  6. 6Washington1 in —

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. Huxley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Huxley around the world

Where Huxley 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 & Wales
    1999–2025
    #296
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2016–2024
    #535
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2008–2024
    #547
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1948–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Huxley by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#736
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 198
Best rank ever
#538
2020
Peak year
2020
526 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,734
Count in 2025
357

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,016
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 660
Best rank ever
#2,834
2021
Peak year
2021
60 that year
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
496
Count in 2025
36

Names similar to Huxley

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Huxley

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Huxley, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Huxley

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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