US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE HUGH

Same rise and fall as Hugh, around the same years.

WHERE HUGH IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Hugh ranked highest in Nebraska (#572) and lowest in Florida (#2,793). 22 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Hugh name popularity

Hugh has been given to 84,179 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 1916, when 1,626 babies got the name, and its best rank was #167 in 1881.

In 2025, 360 babies were named Hugh (#1,482 in the country), 78% below the peak. That is up 36% from 2015.

Almost every Hugh is a boy.

An estimated 36K people named Hugh are alive in the US today, with a median age of 65.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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