Hugo

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Hugo is a surname and a masculine given name of German origin. The English version of the name is Hugh, the Italian version is Ugo. The name Hugo is actually a short form of old names like Hugbert and Hugbald.

From Wikipedia

Hugo first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 388 babies (rank #28 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Hugo

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

8,778
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
388
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
195594#153
195683#173
195799#158
1958103#157
1959116#152
1960104#163
1961119#151
1962124#147
1963133#147
1964125#156
1965115#166
1966104#176
1967106#175
1968106#175
1969123#163
1970105#182
1971105#171
197292#187
197377#200
197498#173
1975122#142
1976100#169
1977142#126
1978138#130
1979115#149
1980126#141
1981107#159
1982111#157
1983105#158
198467#221
198580#197
198693#182
198785#198
198888#189
198986#199
199077#233
199179#225
199281#221
199399#192
199489#207
199590#204
1996118#166
1997153#125
1998154#136
1999177#119
2000177#115
2001173#116
2002198#104
2003190#108
2004194#102
2005209#87
2006233#75
2007261#59
2008281#56
2009338#44
2010323#48
2011356#36
2012303#44
2013341#36
2014388#28