Huy
Boy · HWEE · Vietnamese
Huy is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “brilliant, glorious”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Huy mean?
Vietnamese
“brilliant, glorious”
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Is Huy a girl's or a boy's name?
Huy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Huy in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 boys.
Huy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Huy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Huy, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 82 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Huy in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Huy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 42 | #2,399 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 42 | #2,196 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 49 | #1,887 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,863 |
| 1993 | 48 | #1,764 |
| 1992 | 53 | #1,638 |
| 1991 | 54 | #1,567 |
| 1990 | 49 | #1,657 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,447 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,314 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,319 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,189 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,109 |
| 1983 | 78 | #1,000 |
| 1982 | 82 | #995 |
| 1981 | 73 | #1,068 |
| 1980 | 50 | #1,324 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
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