Hugh

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Hugh first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1916 with 1,619 babies (rank #96 that year). In 2024 it was given to 332 boys (rank #763). The name has been rising over the last five years.
83,820
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
1,619
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

→ See names similar to Hugh  ·  Popular names of the 1910s  ·  Boys names starting with H

More popular boys' names

Names ranked near Hugh in 2024

Other boys' names starting with H

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880224#71
1881219#70
1882239#73
1883215#74
1884246#73
1885257#73
1886227#77
1887250#69
1888253#79
1889225#78
1890219#80
1891233#73
1892265#77
1893241#78
1894269#75
1895243#80
1896263#75
1897213#86
1898250#84
1899209#88
1900290#88
1901192#91
1902217#92
1903193#101
1904202#105
1905200#107
1906195#110
1907212#113
1908215#121
1909260#104
1910279#112
1911307#121
1912648#116
1913754#115
1914967#116
19151,318#111
19161,619#96
19171,403#110
19181,489#112
19191,417#114
19201,489#115
19211,485#120
19221,441#120
19231,412#123
19241,541#116
19251,386#127
19261,393#128
19271,357#131
19281,374#129
19291,229#139
19301,342#131
19311,326#131
19321,320#128
19331,118#141
19341,187#135
19351,142#139
19361,074#142
19371,070#143
19381,121#146
1939999#160
19401,060#157
19411,083#160
19421,254#154
19431,206#160
19441,064#165
1945961#171
19461,088#174
19471,201#176
19481,039#191
19491,042#198
1950959#206
19511,024#203
1952977#210
1953959#219
1954943#230
1955896#236
1956958#236
1957967#245
19581,031#243
1959983#255
1960904#265
1961872#269
1962814#270
1963794#272
1964722#292
1965656#293
1966566#311
1967502#337
1968494#351
1969460#366
1970486#368
1971435#384
1972402#393
1973299#454
1974294#468
1975280#478
1976242#516
1977262#504
1978241#533
1979237#558
1980227#574
1981210#590
1982230#565
1983198#608
1984200#604
1985224#587
1986191#646
1987199#652
1988186#687
1989210#687
1990193#736
1991176#775
1992161#832
1993142#903
1994168#817
1995175#807
1996193#766
1997202#744
1998203#774
1999178#854
2000171#909
2001187#858
2002191#867
2003194#880
2004184#923
2005182#961
2006184#1,001
2007200#982
2008195#1,002
2009199#995
2010206#961
2011210#945
2012220#930
2013227#915
2014255#865
2015265#848
2016264#850
2017264#838
2018281#805
2019287#799
2020324#748
2021343#741
2022312#804
2023323#784
2024332#763