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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Hughie

Hughie was the 10068th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1888, when it ranked 724th; the most babies were born in 1925 (48). More babies were named Hughie in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#10,068 boys
Babies in 2025
7boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
192548 babies
Total since 1880
1,676babies recorded

Hughie popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#10,0687
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#3,3799
1960#2,36613
1950#1,67620
1940#1,38224
1930#1,14438
1920#1,13040
1910#1,7065
1900#1,0008
1890#9406
1880——

How popular is Hughie, counting every spelling?

Hughie has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Hughie?

7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Hughie (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Hughie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Hughie.

Chance of another Hughie in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Hughie?

About 400 people born in the US named Hughie are alive today, with a median age of 70; half are between 60 and 79. That makes Hughie a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Hughie by state

How common Hughie was among boys born in each state in 1923–1927, around its peak. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesKY0.10West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesTN0.09North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMS0.05Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Hughie, boys, 1923–1927. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Hughie: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Hughie, they share its era and feel.

Hughie is also a nickname for Hugh.

Questions about the name Hughie

How popular is the name Hughie?

Hughie was the 10068th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1888, when it ranked 724th; the most babies were born in 1925 (48). More babies were named Hughie in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Hughie a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Hughie in the US.

Where was Hughie most popular?

In 1923–1927, Hughie was most common in Kentucky (0.10 per 1,000 boys), followed by Tennessee and Mississippi.