Huntington
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HUN-ting-ton
- Origin
- English
Huntington is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hunters' hill”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Huntington mean?
English: surname from the place name Huntingdon, Old English hunters + hill
“hunters' hill”
From the place name Huntingdon or Huntington, meaning hunters' hill in Old English.
Is Huntington a girl's or a boy's name?
Huntington is a boys' name.
How popular is Huntington in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Huntington in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Huntington in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Huntington
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru, Harrison, Hudson, Kingston, Remington, Dakota, Stetson, Easton, Jameson, Anderson, Hutson, Jackson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Huntington: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/huntington, updated 20 October 2026.