Hughie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HYOO-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #347 for boys
Hughie is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “mind, heart”. In 2025 it ranked 347th for boys in the UK (137 babies).
What does Hughie mean?
Germanic: pet form of Hugh
“mind, heart”
A pet form of Hugh, long used in Scotland and Ireland.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hughie a girl's or a boy's name?
Hughie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 137 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hughie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 347th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 137 about 1 in 2,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 137 boys in the UK were named Hughie, making it the 347th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 473rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 137 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hughie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 161 boys in the UK were given Hughie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #324, up from #347 for this spelling alone.
- Hughie 137
- Huey 24
Among boys in 2025, it was 342nd in England and Wales, 333rd in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Hughie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | #347 |
| 2024 | 134 | #363 |
| 2023 | 125 | #378 |
| 2022 | 137 | #353 |
| 2021 | 109 | #436 |
| 2020 | 93 | #473 |
| 2019 | 119 | #414 |
| 2018 | 80 | #540 |
| 2017 | 74 | #573 |
| 2016 | 46 | #788 |
| 2015 | 36 | #924 |
| 2014 | 42 | #817 |
| 2013 | 32 | #979 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,313 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,095 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Hughie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archie, Freddie, Ollie, Louie, Dougie, Otis, Bertie, Charlie, Rupert, Frederick, Henry, Wilfred
Other spellings of Hughie
Names related to Hughie
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Emma, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie, Avery
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hughie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hughie, updated 20 October 2026.