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Huey

Gender
Boy
Say it
HYOO-ee
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#1,257 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,940 for boys

Huey is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “mind, heart”. In 2025 it ranked 1,257th for boys in the UK (24 babies) and 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).

What does Huey mean?

Germanic: pet form of Hugh

“mind, heart”

Huey is one of Donald Duck's three nephews, alongside Dewey and Louie.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Huey a girl's or a boy's name?

Huey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the UK and 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Huey in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,257among boys
Babies in 2025
24about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were named Huey, making it the 1,257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 960th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 46 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Huey than any year since 2009.

Half of all the boys named Huey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 161 boys in the UK were given Huey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #324, up from #1,257 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,196th in England and Wales.

2000Busiest: 46 in 20152025
Huey in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202524#1,257
202428#1,111
202333#1,008
202232#1,024
202127#1,134
202033#960
201933#970
201838#892
201743#838
201640#863
201546#776
201441#830
201344#797
201240#852
201141#819
201030#1,019
200917#1,451
200811#1,930
200717#1,399
200613#1,558
200510#1,814
200413#1,417
200312#1,418
200211#1,384
20013#3,255
20008#1,637

How popular is Huey in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,940among boys
Babies in 2025
42about 1 in 41,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Huey, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 1935, with 494 boys.

Half of all the boys named Huey in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1959, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 49 boys in the US were given Huey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,241, up from #2,940 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 494 in 19352025
Huey in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202542#2,940
202443#2,915
202335#3,345
202237#3,214
202144#2,818
202031#3,495
201923#4,333
201830#3,603
201720#4,742
201630#3,595
201515#5,742
201413#6,303
201314#5,919
201211#7,044
201112#6,572
201011#7,081
200914#6,091
200813#6,388
200712#6,618
200614#5,777
200510#7,089
200410#6,970
200310#6,708
20028#7,636
20017#8,332
20005#10,341
199917#4,157
199816#4,193
199710#5,636
19969#5,975
19955#8,861
199412#4,797
199311#4,995
19929#5,652
199119#3,218
199014#3,965
198924#2,609
198813#3,700
198728#2,111
198617#2,888
198514#3,213
198415#2,955
198327#1,954
198221#2,340
198114#3,028
198026#2,058
197929#1,867
197820#2,279
197728#1,823
197622#2,112
197536#1,478
197431#1,582
197331#1,548
197236#1,418
197149#1,165
197051#1,159
196944#1,186
196835#1,282
196747#1,071
196641#1,164
196551#1,031
196444#1,160
196370#890
196288#807
196187#816
196074#885
195981#837
195890#785
1957100#749
195689#784
195587#779
1954113#676
195377#818
195292#732
195183#765
195075#787
194990#721
194883#736
194774#800
194670#793
194564#767
194490#656
194376#740
194297#646
194198#603
1940103#582
1939122#514
1938165#450
1937214#378
1936353#288
1935494#237
1934187#402
1933154#447
1932144#478
1931162#443
1930174#447
1929193#424
1928216#409
1927115#576
192662#840
192554#916
192477#759
192369#803
192271#794
192158#920
192048#987
191950#949
191842#1,035
191737#1,092
191641#998
191539#1,015
191438#884
191327#950
191237#700
191110#1,116
191016#755
19099#1,020
19088#1,021
19079#929
19069#852
19058#918
19046#1,063
190312#656
19026#1,012
19010–
19000–
18999#714
18980–
18975#1,056
18968#825
18955#1,078
18947#856
18939#705
18925#1,065
18910–
18907#814
18890–
18880–
18870–
18865#959
18855#935
18840–
18830–
18825#942
18816#780
18805#909

Names like Huey

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Henry Harry Freddie Archie Louie Frederick Otis Stanley Harvey Bobby Albert Charlie

Other spellings of Huey

Hughie

Names related to Huey

Huy

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Huey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/huey, updated 20 October 2026.