Hugo
A boys’ name of Germanic origin, meaning mind; intellect; heart.
Babies a year
1,094
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#378
up from #403
UK popularity
#46
1,094 babies · unchanged
How Hugo has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #432 |
| 2016 | #430 |
| 2017 | #416 |
| 2018 | #422 |
| 2019 | #462 |
| 2020 | #421 |
| 2021 | #437 |
| 2022 | #399 |
| 2023 | #415 |
| 2024 | #403 |
| 2025 | #378 |
Hugo by the numbers
In 2025, 1,094 babies in England and Wales were named Hugo. In the US, 744 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 811 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 2,700 American boys born that year was called Hugo.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hugo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hughheart mind spirit intellect73 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Hugo
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