Hux
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HUKS
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Hux is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Hux mean?
English: short form of Huxley
Huxley is an English place name and surname, borne by the writer Aldous Huxley.
Is Hux a girl's or a boy's name?
Hux is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hux in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Hux, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Hux in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hux in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
Names like Hux
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Yug Kairo Hiro Chozen Ryu Loki Mikko Zuko Kota Rumi Yuri
More English names
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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, “Hux: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hux, updated 20 October 2026.