Recorded 1925–2025 · United States
Huntley was most popular in 2024, when 200 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,252 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,617, with 156 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,847 people named Huntley.
Huntley first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1925, which makes it about 100 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 30 of the 101 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,847 American births named Huntley between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,813 are estimated to be alive today.
156 American babies were named Huntley in 2025, ranking #2,617 that year.
Huntley is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 161 births a year, against 66 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +145% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Huntley is a unisex name — 42.2% of the 1,847 Americans given it were girls and 57.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 49% girls and 51% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,813 Americans named Huntley are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 6 years old, and half are between 3 and 11. That is a narrow band because Huntley is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org