How Many People Are Named Hugo?
people named Hugo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,861 people in the US has this name
Based on 37,518 babies named Hugo in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
837 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinized form of HUGH. As a surname it has belonged to the French author Victor Hugo (1802-1885), the writer of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Les Misérables'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Hugo (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hugo alive today is about 24 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hugo first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 837 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hugo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #263, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #378.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #378 |
| Best rank | #263 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #386 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hugo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hugo were born in California than in any other state: about 10,320 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hugo was given 2.7 times as often in California, 2.2 times in Texas and 1.4 times in Illinois.
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