Huxley
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning Hugh's meadow; a form of the surname Huxley.
How Huxley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #960 |
| 2016 | #866 |
| 2017 | #792 |
| 2018 | #668 |
| 2019 | #588 |
| 2020 | #539 |
| 2021 | #586 |
| 2022 | #609 |
| 2023 | #617 |
| 2024 | #743 |
| 2025 | #736 |
Huxley by the numbers
In 2025, 153 babies in England and Wales were named Huxley. In the US, 322 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Huxley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Huxley, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Huxley
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