How rare is the name Huy?

9,013 people in the United States have the first name Huy, about 1 in 33,511. It ranks #2,633 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HUY

#2,633

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,013
About
1 in 33,511
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,013 people named Huy, 97.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.3% as White. 97.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Huy peaked in 1982, when 82 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
82
In 2025*
10 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,715 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Huy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,949. The largest share of babies named Huy, 52.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#8,95987
1980s#2,949622
1990s#4,496462
2000s#7,444309
2010s#11,619176
2020s#16,34159
Generation X 1965–808%
Millennials 1981–9652.8%
Generation Z 1997–1229.3%
2013 and later9.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Huy

1 other first name also has 9,013 people.

#2,633 Jovan · 9,013

Either side of Huy

#2,630 Lindy · 9,032#2,632 Amal · 9,015#2,633 Jovan · 9,013#2,635 Kamari · 9,011

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Huy, most common first.

#2,491 Hui · 9,857#3,410 Hue · 6,158#4,240 Hua · 4,484#5,537 Huey · 3,078#10,884 Huu · 1,203#15,863 Hu · 719#47,684 Huo · 136#48,183 Huw · 133

Also a last name

As a last name, Huy ranks #36,396 of 156,621, with 662 people. See Huy as a last name

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