Hughie · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Hughie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 87 recorded years as a table

Hughie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1888	74
1889	45
1890	54
1893	62
1894	60
1897	71
1898	57
1899	85
1900	53
1902	65
1905	76
1907	54
1908	45
1909	67
1910	26
1911	75
1912	58
1913	23
1914	41
1915	31
1916	31
1917	49
1918	33
1919	34
1920	38
1921	33
1922	35
1923	41
1924	26
1925	43
1926	35
1927	28
1928	33
1929	31
1930	35
1931	20
1932	32
1933	28
1934	20
1935	35
1936	22
1937	34
1938	29
1939	27
1940	21
1941	26
1942	12
1943	22
1944	10
1945	12
1946	17
1947	17
1948	13
1949	14
1950	11
1951	10
1952	10
1953	12
1954	11
1955	9
1956	10
1957	7
1958	8
1959	7
1960	6
1961	6
1962	9
1963	8
1964	9
1965	5
1966	4
1967	3
1968	3
1969	4
1970	5
1972	6
1973	7
1975	4
1976	4
1977	5
1981	4
1982	3
1983	3
1986	5
1998	3
2023	5
2025	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hughie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Hughie

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 7
Rank in 2025: #9,714
How rare: 1 in 244,010 boys
Since 1888: 1,676

Most popular in 1899, at 85 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Hughie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.