Hughes

Where Hughes comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Hughes.

Hughes through the years
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #982 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1916
    Peak, #790
    61 babies named Hughes, the most in any year.
  3. 1918
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,905.
  4. 1921
    Hughes Rudd born
    American television news anchor; CBS News correspondent; artillery spotter pilot during World War II
  5. 2000
    Hughes Winborne born
    American film editor
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Hughes Winborne · American film editor, born 2000
  • Hughes Rudd · American television news anchor; CBS News correspondent; artillery spotter pilot during World War II, 1921–1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.