Huw

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Welsh

Meaning

Huw is a Welsh given name, a variant of Hugo or Hugh.

From Wikipedia

Huw 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 88 babies (rank #299 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Huw

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

1,118
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
88
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
199672#334
199788#299
199868#346
199965#357
200065#367
200161#386
200256#405
200351#476
200449#536
200549#549
200653#557
200748#619
200854#593
200943#700
201042#725
201152#643
201247#713
201338#809
201442#757
201534#892
201641#793