Hughie

#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births

Peak · boys
1888 · 9 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,676
since 1888

Hughie over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hughie has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #704, 1888boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#9,7147
2024
2023#8,9218
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998#9,6315
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986#4,4579
1985
1984
1983#5,4846
1982#6,3855
1981#4,5098
1980
1979
1978
1977#4,1648
1976#4,4187
1975#4,7976
1974
1973#3,01311
1972#3,3449
1971
1970#3,2829
1969#3,5957
1968#3,6736
1967#3,9665
1966#3,2497
1965#2,7809
1964#1,97517
1963#1,95717
1962#1,85219
1961#2,40912
1960#2,31513
1959#2,20014
1958#1,95317
1957#2,09315
1956#1,67622
1955#1,79119
1954#1,62822
1953#1,59223
1952#1,70120
1951#1,72519
1950#1,65720
1949#1,50124
1948#1,55922
1947#1,31631
1946#1,32728
1945#1,69716
1944#1,89014
1943#1,24031
1942#1,73017
1941#1,16932
1940#1,36824
1939#1,19430
1938#1,14932
1937#1,07436
1936#1,38423
1935#1,07836
1934#1,49821
1933#1,25128
1932#1,17533
1931#1,53821
1930#1,13238
1929#1,21433
1928#1,16537
1927#1,32231
1926#1,14439
1925#98448
1924#1,35530
1923#1,05745
1922#1,15838
1921#1,19936
1920#1,11940
1919#1,23033
1918#1,21133
1917#96445
1916#1,26528
1915#1,30626
1914#1,10127
1913#1,58012
1912#89225
1911#79317
1910#1,5895
1909#89311
1908#1,1137
1907#9998
1906
1905#78610
1904
1903
1902#8628
1901
1900#9688
1899#7149
1898#8857
1897#7878
1896
1895
1894#8577
1893#8367
1892
1891
1890#8846
1889#9745
1888#7049
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Hughie! It came in at #704, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1892, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hughie
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • Biggest jump: 796 spots in 1911 (#1,589#793)
  • Biggest drop: 696 spots in 1910 (#893#1,589)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1888 at #704 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1897–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,801
  • Highest: 1 in 11,801 boys born in 1899 were named Hughie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #704 in 1888, was only 1 in 13,428 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.5% of all boys named Hughie (377) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s14#704 (1888)#839
1890s44#714 (1899)#827
1900s52#786 (1905)#937
1910s251#793 (1911)#1,193
1920s377#984 (1925)#1,172
1930s298#1,074 (1937)#1,247
1940s239#1,169 (1941)#1,480
1950s191#1,592 (1953)#1,802
1960s112#1,852 (1962)#2,777
1970s50#3,013 (1973)#3,836
1980s28#4,457 (1986)#5,209
1990s5#9,631 (1998)#9,631
2000s0
2010s0
2020s15#8,921 (2023)#9,318

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.

Hughie in 1889

boys
#974
5 births · 1 in 22,116 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #974Hughie5
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 22,116 of them was named Hughie, which outranked 12.3% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hughie
  1. #878Williams6
  2. #878Winford6
  3. #878Wright6
  4. #974Hughie5
  5. #974Abie5
  6. #974Alphonsus5
  7. #974Alta5

Tied with 137 names at #974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 506Connie#1,031#525
  2. 483Hamilton#917#434
  3. 482Ballard#1,031#549
  4. 453Bertie#917#464
  5. 450Essie#1,031#581
Fallers
  1. 510Wendell#464#974
  2. 469Melton#505#974
  3. 462Enos#416#878
  4. 394Ruby#580#974
  5. 394Webb#580#974

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1889