Huxley

What Huxley means

Means “woodland clearing, glade”

From the Old English personal name *Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Huxley” (revision 92415463), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Huxley?

US: Rising: up from #958 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #626 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 526 boys got the name (#537 that year). First in the US records in 2002.

How common

• About 1 in 4,785 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,777 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (2.86 per 1,000 boys), ND (1.49 per 1,000 boys), WI (1.02 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Huxley is #736 in the US and #296 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 90.8% of US babies named Huxley were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Huxlee35 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Huxley

Boys

• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Emery#814Editor’s note Down from #745 in 2015 to #814 in 2025 in the US
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*

For a sister

• Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Harlow#309Editor’s note Used for both: 85% of US babies named Harlow in 2025 were girls
• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Huxley’s. Rank is US 2025.