first name
HUGO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 59,062 people named Hugo, 87.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 9.3% as White and 1.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hugo peaked in 2025, when 837 babies got the name.
At least 37,518 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Hugo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #705. The largest share of babies named Hugo, 29%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Hugo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hugo has been most common in California (3.3×), Texas (2.6×), and Nevada (2.5×), and least common in Kentucky (0.07×).
32,736 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Hugo
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hugo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Hugo ranks #10,695 of 156,621, with 2,854 people. See Hugo as a last name
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