Hewitt
Boy · HYOO-it · English
Hewitt is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “little Hugh”. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Hewitt mean?
English: English surname from a pet form of Hugh
“little Hugh”
From an English surname based on a medieval pet form of Hugh.
- Say it
- HYOO-it
Is Hewitt a girl's or a boy's name?
Hewitt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hewitt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Hewitt, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the boys named Hewitt in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hewitt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
Nicknames for Hewitt
- Hew
Names like Hewitt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harlan Hollis Emmett Truett Henry Harlow Miller Leo Everett August Leland Hudson
Names related to Hewitt
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel