Huck
Huck is a name with a single cultural origin: Literature.
- Literature
Meaning & Origin of Huck
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Huck is a name with a single cultural origin: Literature.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Literature
The Story of Huck
American parents first put Huck on the record books as a baby boy name in 2004, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 139 Hucks were born — ranking #1,304 that year. About 50% of every Huck on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Huck ranks #1,759 for baby boys with 94 births, falling sharply (-15%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Huck
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Huck. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Huck
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About the name Huck
Huck is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Huck's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #1,304. Use the chart and map above to compare Huck's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.