Hughes
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Hughes is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Hughes mean?
Welsh
A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Hugh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hughes a girl's or a boy's name?
Hughes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hughes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Hughes, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1916, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the boys named Hughes in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hughes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,407 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,222 |
| 1916 | 61 | #790 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,223 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
Names like Hughes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jones, Henry, Charles, Hayes, Ellis, Jack, James, Hollis, Harlan, Leo, Harvey, Miles
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hughes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hughes, updated 20 October 2026.