Hugo
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453 · #377 for boys in 2025, 837 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 43 births
- Debut · boys
- 24 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 37,482since 1880
Hugo over time
Rank among boys' names. Hugo has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | #377 | 837 | |
| 2024 | — | #404 | 799 | |
| 2023 | — | #415 | 771 | |
| 2022 | — | #399 | 800 | |
| 2021 | — | #437 | 714 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #421 | 709 |
| 2019 | — | #462 | 648 | |
| 2018 | — | #422 | 733 | |
| 2017 | — | #416 | 750 | |
| 2016 | — | #430 | 724 | |
| 2015 | — | #432 | 708 | |
| 2014 | — | #436 | 695 | |
| 2013 | — | #438 | 656 | |
| 2012 | — | #433 | 639 | |
| 2011 | — | #439 | 618 | |
| 2010 | — | #440 | 616 | |
| 2009 | — | #407 | 722 | |
| 2008 | — | #388 | 779 | |
| 2007 | — | #400 | 740 | |
| 2006 | — | #370 | 811 | |
| 2005 | — | #371 | 796 | |
| 2004 | — | #366 | 759 | |
| 2003 | — | #365 | 727 | |
| 2002 | — | #368 | 715 | |
| 2001 | — | #396 | 637 | |
| 2000 | — | #399 | 638 | |
| 1999 | — | #405 | 598 | |
| 1998 | — | #416 | 570 | |
| 1997 | — | #429 | 530 | |
| 1996 | — | #432 | 519 | |
| 1995 | — | #432 | 528 | |
| 1994 | — | #418 | 548 | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #392 | 587 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #377 | 613 |
| 1991 | — | #401 | 566 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #416 | 552 |
| 1989 | — | #407 | 524 | |
| 1988 | — | #439 | 421 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #460 | 369 |
| 1986 | — | #454 | 368 | |
| 1985 | — | #464 | 344 | |
| 1984 | — | #485 | 298 | |
| 1983 | — | #492 | 293 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #456 | 350 |
| 1981 | — | #393 | 426 | |
| 1980 | — | #457 | 339 | |
| 1979 | — | #471 | 304 | |
| 1978 | — | #565 | 220 | |
| 1977 | — | #515 | 255 | |
| 1976 | — | #516 | 242 | |
| 1975 | — | #515 | 241 | |
| 1974 | — | #500 | 252 | |
| 1973 | — | #535 | 216 | |
| 1972 | — | #602 | 175 | |
| 1971 | — | #573 | 204 | |
| 1970 | — | #639 | 162 | |
| 1969 | — | #637 | 155 | |
| 1968 | — | #609 | 156 | |
| 1967 | — | #685 | 118 | |
| 1966 | — | #668 | 123 | |
| 1965 | — | #672 | 122 | |
| 1964 | — | #753 | 103 | |
| 1963 | — | #746 | 108 | |
| 1962 | — | #697 | 121 | |
| 1961 | — | #780 | 96 | |
| 1960 | — | #775 | 96 | |
| 1959 | — | #766 | 99 | |
| 1958 | — | #790 | 89 | |
| 1957 | — | #786 | 91 | |
| 1956 | — | #874 | 73 | |
| 1955 | — | #825 | 79 | |
| 1954 | — | #807 | 80 | |
| 1953 | — | #848 | 72 | |
| 1952 | — | #781 | 81 | |
| 1951 | — | #833 | 71 | |
| 1950 | — | #893 | 59 | |
| 1949 | — | #911 | 57 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1947 | — | #956 | 55 | |
| 1946 | — | #856 | 59 | |
| 1945 | — | #775 | 63 | |
| 1944 | — | #949 | 46 | |
| 1943 | — | #808 | 66 | |
| 1942 | — | #947 | 49 | |
| 1941 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,007 | 41 | |
| 1939 | — | #846 | 52 | |
| 1938 | — | #816 | 57 | |
| 1937 | — | #682 | 77 | |
| 1936 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1935 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1934 | — | #751 | 66 | |
| 1933 | — | #685 | 75 | |
| 1932 | — | #597 | 97 | |
| 1931 | — | #590 | 98 | |
| 1930 | — | #498 | 143 | |
| 1929 | — | #476 | 152 | |
| 1928 | — | #525 | 132 | |
| 1927 | — | #532 | 132 | |
| 1926 | — | #476 | 159 | |
| 1925 | — | #483 | 157 | |
| 1924 | — | #491 | 159 | |
| 1923 | — | #498 | 151 | |
| 1922 | — | #530 | 139 | |
| 1921 | — | #429 | 201 | |
| 1920 | — | #479 | 161 | |
| 1919 | — | #474 | 159 | |
| 1918 | — | #435 | 184 | |
| 1917 | — | #417 | 183 | |
| 1916 | — | #392 | 200 | |
| 1915 | — | #385 | 195 | |
| 1914 | — | #363 | 169 | |
| 1913 | — | #394 | 117 | |
| 1912 | — | #372 | 107 | |
| 1911 | — | #357 | 59 | |
| 1910 | — | #440 | 39 | |
| 1909 | — | #462 | 30 | |
| 1908 | — | #429 | 31 | |
| 1907 | — | #486 | 23 | |
| 1906 | — | #424 | 27 | |
| 1905 | — | #592 | 16 | |
| 1904 | — | #409 | 26 | |
| 1903 | — | #487 | 19 | |
| 1902 | — | #388 | 26 | |
| 1901 | — | #325 | 30 | |
| 1900 | — | #477 | 23 | |
| 1899 | — | #438 | 18 | |
| 1898 | — | #394 | 25 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #338 | 31 | |
| 1895 | — | #282 | 39 | |
| 1894 | — | #308 | 32 | |
| 1893 | — | #287 | 36 | |
| 1892 | — | #303 | 37 | |
| 1891 | — | #325 | 27 | |
| 1890 | — | #259 | 43 | |
| 1889 | — | #294 | 33 | |
| 1888 | — | #353 | 27 | |
| 1887 | — | #306 | 30 | |
| 1886 | — | #403 | 19 | |
| 1885 | — | #284 | 34 | |
| 1884 | — | #450 | 17 | |
| 1883 | — | #263 | 38 | |
| 1882 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1881 | — | #262 | 36 | |
| 1880 | — | #350 | 24 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hugo was already there! It came in at #350, and was given to 24 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hugo
- 27 spots since 2024 (#404 → #377)
- 44 spots since 2020 (#421 → #377)
- 55 spots since 2015 (#432 → #377)
- Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1945 (#949 → #775)
- Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1884 (#263 → #450)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #259 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1949–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,041 boys born in 2025 were named Hugo (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #259 in 1890, was only 1 in 2,582 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.5% of all boys named Hugo (7,324) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 277 | #262 (1881) | #338 |
| 1890s | 311 | #259 (1890) | #333 |
| 1900s | 251 | #325 (1901) | #448 |
| 1910s | 1,412 | #357 (1911) | #403 |
| 1920s | 1,543 | #429 (1921) | #492 |
| 1930s | 812 | #498 (1930) | #686 |
| 1940s | 529 | #775 (1945) | #917 |
| 1950s | 794 | #766 (1959) | #820 |
| 1960s | 1,198 | #609 (1968) | #702 |
| 1970s | 2,271 | #471 (1979) | #543 |
| 1980s | 3,732 | #393 (1981) | #451 |
| 1990s | 5,611 | #377 (1992) | #412 |
| 2000s | 7,324 | #365 (2003) | #383 |
| 2010s | 6,787 | #416 (2017) | #435 |
| 2020s | 4,630 | #377 (2025) | #409 |
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.
Hugo in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 347,726 of them was named Hugo, which outranked 14.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,938 names at #11,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 5,060 of them was named Hugo, which outranked 94.4% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).