Meaning not yet researched.
Hugo: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 837 in 2025. Its best rank was #263 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #263 in 1881; #378 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Hugo in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#378 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #263.
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Hugo: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 837 boys in 2025. Peak: #263 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 837 (2025).
In 2025, 837 US boys were named Hugo, making it the 378th most common boys’ name of the year, up 26 places from #404 in 2024. That is 38 more than the 799 boys named Hugo in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #263, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 837, in 2025. For comparison, it was #432 in 2015 and #894 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hugo in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 24 babies with the name. In all, 37,518 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 7,324 babies named Hugo.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,485 US boys were named Hugo; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 837. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,041 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hugo ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #197 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Hugh (84,179 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Hugo in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 44 | #197 | #298 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #246 | — |
| Massachusetts | 24 | #251 | #421 |
| Nevada | 12 | #253 | #237 |
| California | 136 | #274 | #275 |
| Oregon | 15 | #286 | #469 |
| Colorado | 22 | #297 | #352 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | #308 | #433 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #312 | — |
| Maryland | 17 | #322 | #743 |
| Texas | 112 | #338 | #309 |
| Minnesota | 17 | #348 | #329 |
| New York | 50 | #354 | #354 |
| Michigan | 25 | #355 | #571 |
| Kansas | 10 | #365 | — |
| North Carolina | 30 | #375 | #933 |
| New Jersey | 21 | #385 | #407 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #391 | #424 |
| Arizona | 19 | #402 | #366 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #423 | — |
| Indiana | 16 | #438 | #759 |
| Virginia | 18 | #444 | #696 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | #446 | #882 |
| Illinois | 24 | #451 | #503 |
| Georgia | 24 | #456 | #604 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #511 | #508 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #524 | #740 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #524 | #307 |
| Tennessee | 14 | #533 | #507 |
| Utah | 8 | #533 | — |
| Ohio | 17 | #584 | #1,128 |
| Florida | 26 | #639 | #571 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #749 | — |
| Missouri | 5 | #914 | #871 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 837 | #378 |
| 2024 | — | — | 799 | #404 |
| 2023 | — | — | 771 | #415 |
| 2022 | — | — | 800 | #400 |
| 2021 | — | — | 714 | #437 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,101 | 709 | #421 |
| 2019 | — | — | 648 | #462 |
| 2018 | — | — | 733 | #422 |
| 2017 | — | — | 750 | #416 |
| 2016 | — | — | 724 | #430 |
| 2015 | — | — | 708 | #432 |
| 2014 | — | — | 695 | #436 |
| 2013 | — | — | 656 | #439 |
| 2012 | — | — | 639 | #433 |
| 2011 | — | — | 618 | #439 |
| 2010 | — | — | 616 | #440 |
| 2009 | — | — | 722 | #407 |
| 2008 | — | — | 779 | #388 |
| 2007 | — | — | 740 | #400 |
| 2006 | — | — | 811 | #370 |
| 2005 | — | — | 796 | #371 |
| 2004 | — | — | 759 | #366 |
| 2003 | — | — | 727 | #365 |
| 2002 | — | — | 715 | #368 |
| 2001 | — | — | 637 | #396 |
| 2000 | — | — | 638 | #399 |
| 1999 | — | — | 598 | #406 |
| 1998 | — | — | 570 | #416 |
| 1997 | — | — | 530 | #429 |
| 1996 | — | — | 519 | #432 |
| 1995 | — | — | 528 | #432 |
| 1994 | — | — | 548 | #419 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,915 | 587 | #393 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,315 | 613 | #377 |
| 1991 | — | — | 566 | #402 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,912 | 552 | #416 |
| 1989 | — | — | 524 | #407 |
| 1988 | — | — | 421 | #439 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,955 | 369 | #461 |
| 1986 | — | — | 368 | #454 |
| 1985 | — | — | 344 | #465 |
| 1984 | — | — | 298 | #486 |
| 1983 | — | — | 293 | #493 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,096 | 350 | #456 |
| 1981 | — | — | 426 | #393 |
| 1980 | — | — | 339 | #457 |
| 1979 | — | — | 304 | #471 |
| 1978 | — | — | 220 | #565 |
| 1977 | — | — | 255 | #518 |
| 1976 | — | — | 242 | #517 |
| 1975 | — | — | 241 | #516 |
| 1974 | — | — | 252 | #502 |
| 1973 | — | — | 216 | #535 |
| 1972 | — | — | 175 | #602 |
| 1971 | — | — | 204 | #574 |
| 1970 | — | — | 162 | #639 |
| 1969 | — | — | 155 | #637 |
| 1968 | — | — | 156 | #610 |
| 1967 | — | — | 118 | #685 |
| 1966 | — | — | 123 | #668 |
| 1965 | — | — | 122 | #674 |
| 1964 | — | — | 103 | #755 |
| 1963 | — | — | 108 | #749 |
| 1962 | — | — | 121 | #699 |
| 1961 | — | — | 96 | #781 |
| 1960 | — | — | 96 | #778 |
| 1959 | — | — | 99 | #771 |
| 1958 | — | — | 89 | #793 |
| 1957 | — | — | 91 | #787 |
| 1956 | — | — | 73 | #878 |
| 1955 | — | — | 79 | #827 |
| 1954 | — | — | 80 | #811 |
| 1953 | — | — | 72 | #850 |
| 1952 | — | — | 81 | #782 |
| 1951 | — | — | 71 | #833 |
| 1950 | — | — | 59 | #894 |
| 1949 | — | — | 57 | #916 |
| 1948 | — | — | 45 | #1,053 |
| 1947 | — | — | 55 | #960 |
| 1946 | — | — | 59 | #858 |
| 1945 | — | — | 63 | #779 |
| 1944 | — | — | 46 | #957 |
| 1943 | — | — | 66 | #811 |
| 1942 | — | — | 49 | #951 |
| 1941 | — | — | 48 | #922 |
| 1940 | — | — | 41 | #1,012 |
| 1939 | — | — | 52 | #848 |
| 1938 | — | — | 57 | #823 |
| 1937 | — | — | 77 | #684 |
| 1936 | — | — | 72 | #703 |
| 1935 | — | — | 75 | #699 |
| 1934 | — | — | 66 | #756 |
| 1933 | — | — | 75 | #686 |
| 1932 | — | — | 97 | #598 |
| 1931 | — | — | 98 | #594 |
| 1930 | — | — | 143 | #499 |
| 1929 | — | — | 152 | #476 |
| 1928 | — | — | 132 | #527 |
| 1927 | — | — | 132 | #533 |
| 1926 | — | — | 159 | #477 |
| 1925 | — | — | 157 | #485 |
| 1924 | — | — | 159 | #491 |
| 1923 | — | — | 151 | #498 |
| 1922 | — | — | 139 | #532 |
| 1921 | — | — | 201 | #429 |
| 1920 | — | — | 161 | #479 |
| 1919 | — | — | 159 | #474 |
| 1918 | — | — | 184 | #435 |
| 1917 | — | — | 183 | #417 |
| 1916 | — | — | 200 | #392 |
| 1915 | — | — | 195 | #385 |
| 1914 | — | — | 169 | #363 |
| 1913 | — | — | 117 | #395 |
| 1912 | — | — | 107 | #373 |
| 1911 | — | — | 59 | #358 |
| 1910 | — | — | 39 | #440 |
| 1909 | — | — | 30 | #464 |
| 1908 | — | — | 31 | #433 |
| 1907 | — | — | 23 | #490 |
| 1906 | — | — | 27 | #426 |
| 1905 | — | — | 16 | #603 |
| 1904 | — | — | 26 | #412 |
| 1903 | — | — | 19 | #493 |
| 1902 | — | — | 26 | #398 |
| 1901 | — | — | 30 | #328 |
| 1900 | — | — | 23 | #484 |
| 1899 | — | — | 18 | #446 |
| 1898 | — | — | 25 | #401 |
| 1897 | — | — | 23 | #396 |
| 1896 | — | — | 31 | #344 |
| 1895 | — | — | 39 | #284 |
| 1894 | — | — | 32 | #311 |
| 1893 | — | — | 36 | #288 |
| 1892 | — | — | 37 | #306 |
| 1891 | — | — | 27 | #328 |
| 1890 | — | — | 43 | #265 |
| 1889 | — | — | 33 | #299 |
| 1888 | — | — | 27 | #356 |
| 1887 | — | — | 30 | #306 |
| 1886 | — | — | 19 | #410 |
| 1885 | — | — | 34 | #287 |
| 1884 | — | — | 17 | #457 |
| 1883 | — | — | 38 | #269 |
| 1882 | — | — | 19 | #419 |
| 1881 | — | — | 36 | #263 |
| 1880 | — | — | 24 | #351 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).