NameTides

Hugh

Hugh was the #732 boys' name in the US in 2025 (360 babies), and #529 in England & Wales and #438 in Canada.

Hugh as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Hugh as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Hugh as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#732 (360)#529 (73)#278 (13)#159 (14)#179 (27)#438 (73)
2024#762 (333)#500 (78)#330 (11)#339 (4)#162 (31)#463 (66)
2023#782 (323)#417 (94)#260 (15)#126 (19)#146 (37)#411 (71)
2022#804 (312)#427 (96)#198 (22)#147 (16)#135 (44)#516 (54)
2021#742 (343)#431 (97)#221 (20)#211 (10)#131 (48)#388 (78)
2020#748 (324)#384 (111)#278 (14)#159 (14)#122 (50)#517 (51)
2019#799 (287)#381 (115)#355 (9)#146 (17)#161 (36)#470 (60)
2018#805 (281)#373 (121)#288 (13)#215 (9)#135 (45)#450 (62)
2017#837 (264)#355 (133)#352 (10)#363 (4)#117 (54)#665 (38)
2016#849 (264)#344 (136)#331 (11)#166 (15)#119 (57)#441 (67)
2015#847 (265)#346 (133)#359 (9)#142 (19)#110 (65)#602 (44)
2014#864 (255)#352 (121)#242 (19)#152 (18)#106 (71)#554 (49)
2013#914 (227)#407 (100)#223 (21)#208 (10)#98 (73)#695 (35)
2012#930 (220)#398 (103)#261 (16)#156 (17)#112 (63)#686 (35)
2011#943 (210)#349 (124)#211 (22)#191 (11)#99 (79)#762 (30)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1887 at #69.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 590common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 880common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Hugh is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,300 to 1 in 5,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hugh by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #601MINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: #347MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #605PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #807CAUtah: #621UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #915TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Hugh (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#39732

Hugh (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HughCanadaBoys#43873
HughEngland & WalesBoys#52973
HughIrelandBoys#17927
HughNorthern IrelandBoys#15914
HughScotlandBoys#27813
HughUSGirls—too few
HughUSBoys#732360