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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1997 with 165 babies (rank #198 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining 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.

2,369
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
165
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
1996139#221
1997165#198
1998119#247
1999108#264
200094#289
200193#296
2002104#269
200394#304
2004106#289
2005116#282
2006100#351
200790#401
2008111#349
2009101#387
2010112#367
2011124#350
2012103#398
2013100#408
2014121#352
2015133#346
2016136#344