Hugh

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name Hugues, itself the Old French variant of Hugo, a short form of Continental Germanic given names beginning in the element *hug- "mind, spirit".

From Wikipedia

Hugh first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2021 with 78 babies (rank #390 that year). In 2024 it was given to 67 boys (rank #462). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Hugh

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Hugh yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,318
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
78
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199135#509
199235#528
199322#714
199424#627
199527#656
199629#621
199725#675
199835#547
199935#536
200030#614
200127#679
200214#1,054
200319#883
200429#687
200523#842
200633#666
200734#681
200831#746
200935#706
201035#705
201130#775
201235#700
201335#707
201449#558
201544#608
201668#437
201738#683
201862#460
201959#484
202051#527
202178#390
202254#520
202371#414
202467#462