Huck
Boy · HUK · English
Huck is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “huckleberry”. In 2025 it ranked 1,906th for boys in the US (82 babies).
What does Huck mean?
English: short form of Huckleberry
“huckleberry”
Short for Huckleberry, after Huckleberry Finn, the boy hero of Mark Twain's novel.
- Say it
- HUK
Is Huck a girl's or a boy's name?
Huck is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 82 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Huck in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 82about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 82 boys in the US were named Huck, making it the 1,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 139 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Huck than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Huck in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Huck in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #1,906 |
| 2024 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2023 | 106 | #1,632 |
| 2022 | 134 | #1,388 |
| 2021 | 121 | #1,479 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 123 | #1,420 |
| 2018 | 139 | #1,305 |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,467 |
| 2016 | 101 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 91 | #1,703 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,081 |
| 2013 | 54 | #2,335 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
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