Hughes
- #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
- Peak · boys
- 1916 · 61 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 919since 1896
Hughes over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hughes has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,222 | 31 |
| 1916 | #790 | 61 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1896
The first year at least five boys were named Hughes! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Hughes is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Hughes in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 606 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 1,088 spots in 1916
- Biggest drop: 432 spots in 1917
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1916 at #790 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1918, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1896–1916
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,591
- Highest: 1 in 14,591 boys born in 1916 were named Hughes (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 20.7% of all boys named Hughes (190) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #982 (1896) | #982 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 190 | #790 (1916) | #1,480 |
| 1920s | 135 | #1,475 (1921) | #2,379 |
| 1930s | 90 | #1,889 (1930) | #2,701 |
| 1940s | 76 | #1,997 (1941) | #2,571 |
| 1950s | 73 | #2,207 (1954) | #3,042 |
| 1960s | 21 | #3,640 (1962) | #4,032 |
| 1970s | 6 | #4,441 (1972) | #4,441 |
| 1980s | 26 | #5,926 (1986) | #6,586 |
| 1990s | 29 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,232 |
| 2000s | 43 | #6,904 (2006) | #9,401 |
| 2010s | 105 | #5,659 (2013) | #6,980 |
| 2020s | 119 | #4,249 (2025) | #4,927 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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