Hughes

Where Hughes comes from

Hughes hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #982 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1916
    Peak, #790
    61 babies named Hughes — more than any year before or since.
  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

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

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.