Hud
Boy · HOOD · Arabic
Hud is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).
What does Hud mean?
Arabic
Hud is a prophet in the Quran sent to the people of Ad; the eleventh surah bears his name.
- Say it
- HOOD
Is Hud a girl's or a boy's name?
Hud is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hud in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Hud, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th.
2025 had the most boys named Hud of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Hud in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Hud in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
Names like Hud
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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