Humphrey is a distinctive choice, ranked #1460 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Humphrey in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1460
About the Name Humphrey
Humphrey is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 616 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #996 in 2015 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Humphrey is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Humphrey
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Humphrey per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Humphrey in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Humphrey is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 616 places over the last five years to #1460 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Humphrey is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Humphrey include: Buck Humphrey — Hubert Horatio "Buck" Humphrey IV is an American political aide and communications executive from Minnesota.; Skip Humphrey — Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III is an American retired politician who served as attorney general of the state of Minnesota and as a member of the Minnesota...; Chevy Humphrey — Chevy Humphrey is President and CEO of Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago..
Humphrey does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Humphreys in the wild.
18
UK babies named Humphrey (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 616 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Humphrey
Likely around 1 other Humphrey in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Humphrey
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Hubert Horatio "Buck" Humphrey IV is an American political aide and communications executive from Minnesota. A member of the Humphrey political family, he was the Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee for Minnesota Secretary of State in 2002.
Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III is an American retired politician who served as attorney general of the state of Minnesota and as a member of the Minnesota Senate. Humphrey led the Office of Older Americans as the assistant director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Chevy Humphrey is President and CEO of Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. In 2005 she became the first Black American to lead a science center as President and CEO of the Arizona Science Center.
Maud Humphrey was a commercial illustrator, watercolorist, and suffragette from the United States. She was the mother of the actor Humphrey Bogart and frequently used her young son as a model.
John Peters Humphrey was a Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate. He is most famous as the principal author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a foundational document in international human rights law adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.