How Many People Are Named Hughes?
people named Hughes are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 789,341 people in the US has this name
Based on 919 babies named Hughes in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
61 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hughes in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hughes alive today is about 29 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hughes first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1916, to 61 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hughes has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #794, in 1916. In 2025 it ranked #4,308.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,308 |
| Best rank | #794 (1916) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,362 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hughes alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hughes were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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