Huck
About Huck
Though forever tied to Huck, short for Huckleberry, Finn, this is an undeniably cute short form that may have some life as part of the hipster taste for names like Duke and Bix.
As of October 2026, Huck ranked #1909 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1310 in 2018.
Editor's take: The name Huck is a boy's name.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,085 | 67 | 34.9 |
| 2015 | #1,709 | 91 | 47.5 |
| 2016 | #1,605 | 101 | 53.2 |
| 2017 | #1,469 | 115 | 62.1 |
| 2018 | #1,310 | 139 | 76.5 |
| 2019 | #1,422 | 123 | 68.6 |
| 2020 | #1,401 | 124 | 71.8 |
| 2021 | #1,482 | 121 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | #1,388 | 134 | 76.7 |
| 2023 | #1,634 | 106 | 62 |
| 2024 | #1,733 | 95 | 55.1 |
| 2025 | #1,909 | 82 | 48 |
World rankings
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Famous Hucks
- Stanley "Huck" Gutman
American chief of staff to politician Bernie Sanders
- Huck Hodge
American composer
- Harry Clinton "Huck" Wallace
American baseball player
- Allan Charles "Huck" Woodman
Canadian ice hockey player
- Eugene Francis Joseph "Huck" Geary
American baseball player
- Gregory Alan "Huck" Flener
American baseball player
- Walter McKinley "Huck" Betts
American baseball player
- Huckleberry "Huck" Seed
American poker player
- (William) Huckleberry "Huck" Paisley
son of singer Brad Paisley and actress Kimberly Williams,Paisley
Huck in pop culture
- Huckleberry "Huck" Finn
character in novels by Mark Twain
- Huck Magazine
surfing/skateboarding/snowboarding magazine
- Huck Finn aka Diego Muñoz
character on TV's 'Scandal'