Hugh
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · #732 for boys in 2025, 360 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 250 births
- Debut · boys
- 224 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 24 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 83,825since 1880
Hugh over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #732 | 360 | |
| 2024 | — | #762 | 333 | |
| 2023 | — | #782 | 323 | |
| 2022 | — | #804 | 312 | |
| 2021 | — | #742 | 343 | |
| 2020 | — | #748 | 324 | |
| 2019 | — | #799 | 287 | |
| 2018 | — | #805 | 281 | |
| 2017 | — | #837 | 264 | |
| 2016 | — | #849 | 264 | |
| 2015 | — | #847 | 265 | |
| 2014 | — | #864 | 255 | |
| 2013 | — | #914 | 227 | |
| 2012 | — | #930 | 220 | |
| 2011 | — | #943 | 210 | |
| 2010 | — | #961 | 206 | |
| 2009 | — | #991 | 199 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,002 | 195 | |
| 2007 | — | #981 | 200 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,000 | 184 | |
| 2005 | — | #959 | 182 | |
| 2004 | — | #923 | 184 | |
| 2003 | — | #879 | 194 | |
| 2002 | — | #866 | 191 | |
| 2001 | — | #858 | 187 | |
| 2000 | — | #907 | 171 | |
| 1999 | — | #850 | 178 | |
| 1998 | — | #774 | 203 | |
| 1997 | — | #743 | 202 | |
| 1996 | — | #763 | 193 | |
| 1995 | — | #807 | 175 | |
| 1994 | — | #817 | 168 | |
| 1993 | — | #901 | 142 | |
| 1992 | — | #831 | 161 | |
| 1991 | — | #774 | 176 | |
| 1990 | — | #736 | 193 | |
| 1989 | — | #686 | 210 | |
| 1988 | — | #687 | 186 | |
| 1987 | — | #646 | 199 | |
| 1986 | — | #646 | 191 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #586 | 224 |
| 1984 | — | #604 | 199 | |
| 1983 | — | #605 | 199 | |
| 1982 | — | #564 | 230 | |
| 1981 | — | #590 | 210 | |
| 1980 | — | #574 | 227 | |
| 1979 | — | #558 | 237 | |
| 1978 | — | #533 | 240 | |
| 1977 | — | #504 | 262 | |
| 1976 | — | #516 | 242 | |
| 1975 | — | #478 | 280 | |
| 1974 | — | #468 | 294 | |
| 1973 | — | #454 | 299 | |
| 1972 | — | #393 | 402 | |
| 1971 | — | #384 | 435 | |
| 1970 | — | #368 | 486 | |
| 1969 | — | #366 | 460 | |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #351 | 494 |
| 1967 | — | #337 | 502 | |
| 1966 | — | #311 | 566 | |
| 1965 | — | #293 | 656 | |
| 1964 | — | #291 | 722 | |
| 1963 | — | #272 | 794 | |
| 1962 | — | #270 | 813 | |
| 1961 | — | #269 | 873 | |
| 1960 | — | #266 | 903 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #254 | 984 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #243 | 1,031 |
| 1957 | — | #245 | 967 | |
| 1956 | — | #236 | 957 | |
| 1955 | — | #236 | 896 | |
| 1954 | — | #230 | 943 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #219 | 959 |
| 1952 | — | #210 | 977 | |
| 1951 | — | #203 | 1,024 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #206 | 959 |
| 1949 | — | #198 | 1,042 | |
| 1948 | — | #191 | 1,039 | |
| 1947 | — | #176 | 1,201 | |
| 1946 | — | #174 | 1,088 | |
| 1945 | — | #171 | 961 | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #165 | 1,064 |
| 1943 | — | #160 | 1,206 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #154 | 1,254 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #160 | 1,083 |
| 1940 | — | #157 | 1,060 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #160 | 999 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #146 | 1,121 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #143 | 1,070 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #142 | 1,074 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #139 | 1,142 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #135 | 1,187 |
| 1933 | — | #141 | 1,118 | |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #128 | 1,320 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #131 | 1,326 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #131 | 1,343 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #139 | 1,228 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #129 | 1,374 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | #131 | 1,357 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | #128 | 1,393 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #127 | 1,386 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #116 | 1,541 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #123 | 1,412 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | #120 | 1,441 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #120 | 1,485 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | #115 | 1,489 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #114 | 1,417 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #112 | 1,489 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #110 | 1,403 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #96 | 1,619 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #111 | 1,318 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #116 | 967 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #115 | 754 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #116 | 648 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | #121 | 307 |
| 1910 | — | #112 | 279 | |
| 1909 | — | #104 | 260 | |
| 1908 | — | #121 | 215 | |
| 1907 | — | #112 | 212 | |
| 1906 | — | #110 | 195 | |
| 1905 | — | #107 | 200 | |
| 1904 | — | #105 | 202 | |
| 1903 | — | #101 | 193 | |
| 1902 | — | #92 | 217 | |
| 1901 | — | #91 | 192 | |
| 1900 | — | #88 | 290 | |
| 1899 | — | #88 | 209 | |
| 1898 | — | #84 | 250 | |
| 1897 | — | #86 | 213 | |
| 1896 | — | #75 | 263 | |
| 1895 | — | #80 | 243 | |
| 1894 | — | #75 | 269 | |
| 1893 | — | #78 | 241 | |
| 1892 | — | #77 | 265 | |
| 1891 | — | #73 | 233 | |
| 1890 | — | #80 | 219 | |
| 1889 | — | #78 | 225 | |
| 1888 | — | #79 | 253 | |
| 1887 | — | #69 | 250 | |
| 1886 | — | #77 | 227 | |
| 1885 | — | #73 | 257 | |
| 1884 | — | #73 | 246 | |
| 1883 | — | #74 | 215 | |
| 1882 | — | #73 | 239 | |
| 1881 | — | #70 | 219 | |
| 1880 | — | #71 | 224 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hugh was already there! It came in at #71, and was given to 224 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1986–2011, when fewer than 220 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hugh
- 30 spots since 2024 (#762 → #732)
- 16 spots since 2020 (#748 → #732)
- 115 spots since 2015 (#847 → #732)
- Biggest jump: 84 spots in 1994 (#901 → #817)
- Biggest drop: 76 spots in 1999 (#774 → #850)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #69 (250 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1880–1902
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1880–2007
- Highest: 1 in 406 boys born in 1887 were named Hugh (0.25%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,745 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Hugh (14,106) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,355 | #69 (1887) | #74 |
| 1890s | 2,405 | #73 (1891) | #80 |
| 1900s | 2,176 | #88 (1900) | #103 |
| 1910s | 10,201 | #96 (1916) | #112 |
| 1920s | 14,106 | #115 (1920) | #125 |
| 1930s | 11,700 | #128 (1932) | #140 |
| 1940s | 10,998 | #154 (1942) | #171 |
| 1950s | 9,697 | #203 (1951) | #228 |
| 1960s | 6,783 | #266 (1960) | #303 |
| 1970s | 3,177 | #368 (1970) | #466 |
| 1980s | 2,075 | #564 (1982) | #619 |
| 1990s | 1,791 | #736 (1990) | #800 |
| 2000s | 1,887 | #858 (2001) | #937 |
| 2010s | 2,479 | #799 (2019) | #875 |
| 2020s | 1,995 | #732 (2025) | #762 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hugh in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 82,204 of them was named Hugh, which outranked 59.5% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,282Wyona16
- #2,282Yoshiye16
- #2,282Zela16
- #2,378Hugh15
- #2,378Adrianna15
- #2,378Algie15
- #2,378Arabella15
- #2,509Adabelle14
- #2,509Aleatha14
- #2,509Anniebell14
Tied with 130 names at #2,378; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 742 of them was named Hugh, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.