Hugo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HYOO-goh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #47 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #377 for boys
Hugo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “mind, heart”. In 2025 it ranked 47th for boys in the UK (1,180 babies) and 377th for boys in the US (837 babies).
What does Hugo mean?
Germanic: Latin form of Hugh
“mind, heart”
The Latin form of Hugh, used in medieval records and now common across Europe.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hugo a girl's or a boy's name?
Hugo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,180 boys in the UK and 837 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hugo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 47th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,180 about 1 in 250 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 5.4% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,180 boys in the UK were named Hugo, making it the 47th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 55th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,386 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hugo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 46th in England and Wales, 114th in Scotland and 48th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#70) and 2024 (#46).
Hugo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,180 | #47 |
| 2024 | 1,159 | #48 |
| 2023 | 1,251 | #50 |
| 2022 | 1,270 | #50 |
| 2021 | 1,381 | #49 |
| 2020 | 1,255 | #55 |
| 2019 | 1,386 | #52 |
| 2018 | 1,342 | #53 |
| 2017 | 1,372 | #52 |
| 2016 | 1,287 | #53 |
| 2015 | 1,198 | #60 |
| 2014 | 1,010 | #79 |
| 2013 | 888 | #79 |
| 2012 | 758 | #94 |
| 2011 | 470 | #148 |
| 2010 | 415 | #158 |
| 2009 | 358 | #172 |
| 2008 | 330 | #180 |
| 2007 | 292 | #189 |
| 2006 | 287 | #183 |
| 2005 | 260 | #185 |
| 2004 | 244 | #184 |
| 2003 | 232 | #186 |
| 2002 | 215 | #187 |
| 2001 | 183 | #199 |
| 2000 | 167 | #212 |
| 1999 | 202 | #186 |
| 1998 | 188 | #198 |
| 1997 | 156 | #231 |
| 1996 | 147 | #234 |
How popular is Hugo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 377th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 837 about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 837 boys in the US were named Hugo, making it the 377th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 421st.
2025 had the most boys named Hugo of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Hugo in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hugo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 837 | #377 |
| 2024 | 799 | #404 |
| 2023 | 771 | #415 |
| 2022 | 800 | #399 |
| 2021 | 714 | #437 |
| 2020 | 709 | #421 |
| 2019 | 648 | #462 |
| 2018 | 733 | #422 |
| 2017 | 750 | #416 |
| 2016 | 724 | #430 |
| 2015 | 708 | #432 |
| 2014 | 695 | #436 |
| 2013 | 656 | #438 |
| 2012 | 639 | #433 |
| 2011 | 618 | #439 |
| 2010 | 616 | #440 |
| 2009 | 722 | #407 |
| 2008 | 779 | #388 |
| 2007 | 740 | #400 |
| 2006 | 811 | #370 |
| 2005 | 796 | #371 |
| 2004 | 759 | #366 |
| 2003 | 727 | #365 |
| 2002 | 715 | #368 |
| 2001 | 637 | #396 |
| 2000 | 638 | #399 |
| 1999 | 598 | #405 |
| 1998 | 570 | #416 |
| 1997 | 530 | #429 |
| 1996 | 519 | #432 |
| 1995 | 528 | #432 |
| 1994 | 548 | #418 |
| 1993 | 587 | #392 |
| 1992 | 613 | #377 |
| 1991 | 566 | #401 |
| 1990 | 552 | #415 |
| 1989 | 524 | #407 |
| 1988 | 421 | #439 |
| 1987 | 369 | #460 |
| 1986 | 368 | #454 |
| 1985 | 344 | #464 |
| 1984 | 298 | #485 |
| 1983 | 293 | #492 |
| 1982 | 350 | #456 |
| 1981 | 426 | #393 |
| 1980 | 339 | #457 |
| 1979 | 304 | #471 |
| 1978 | 220 | #565 |
| 1977 | 255 | #515 |
| 1976 | 242 | #516 |
| 1975 | 241 | #515 |
| 1974 | 252 | #500 |
| 1973 | 216 | #535 |
| 1972 | 175 | #602 |
| 1971 | 204 | #573 |
| 1970 | 162 | #639 |
| 1969 | 155 | #637 |
| 1968 | 156 | #609 |
| 1967 | 118 | #685 |
| 1966 | 123 | #668 |
| 1965 | 122 | #672 |
| 1964 | 103 | #753 |
| 1963 | 108 | #746 |
| 1962 | 121 | #697 |
| 1961 | 96 | #779 |
| 1960 | 96 | #774 |
| 1959 | 99 | #765 |
| 1958 | 89 | #789 |
| 1957 | 91 | #785 |
| 1956 | 73 | #873 |
| 1955 | 79 | #824 |
| 1954 | 80 | #806 |
| 1953 | 72 | #847 |
| 1952 | 81 | #780 |
| 1951 | 71 | #832 |
| 1950 | 59 | #892 |
| 1949 | 57 | #910 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1947 | 55 | #955 |
| 1946 | 59 | #856 |
| 1945 | 63 | #775 |
| 1944 | 46 | #949 |
| 1943 | 66 | #808 |
| 1942 | 49 | #947 |
| 1941 | 48 | #918 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1939 | 52 | #846 |
| 1938 | 57 | #816 |
| 1937 | 77 | #682 |
| 1936 | 72 | #698 |
| 1935 | 75 | #697 |
| 1934 | 66 | #751 |
| 1933 | 75 | #685 |
| 1932 | 97 | #597 |
| 1931 | 98 | #590 |
| 1930 | 143 | #498 |
| 1929 | 152 | #476 |
| 1928 | 132 | #525 |
| 1927 | 132 | #532 |
| 1926 | 159 | #476 |
| 1925 | 157 | #483 |
| 1924 | 159 | #491 |
| 1923 | 151 | #498 |
| 1922 | 139 | #530 |
| 1921 | 201 | #429 |
| 1920 | 161 | #479 |
| 1919 | 159 | #474 |
| 1918 | 184 | #435 |
| 1917 | 183 | #417 |
| 1916 | 200 | #392 |
| 1915 | 195 | #385 |
| 1914 | 169 | #363 |
| 1913 | 117 | #394 |
| 1912 | 107 | #372 |
| 1911 | 59 | #357 |
| 1910 | 39 | #440 |
| 1909 | 30 | #462 |
| 1908 | 31 | #429 |
| 1907 | 23 | #486 |
| 1906 | 27 | #424 |
| 1905 | 16 | #592 |
| 1904 | 26 | #409 |
| 1903 | 19 | #487 |
| 1902 | 26 | #388 |
| 1901 | 30 | #325 |
| 1900 | 23 | #477 |
| 1899 | 18 | #438 |
| 1898 | 25 | #394 |
| 1897 | 23 | #392 |
| 1896 | 31 | #338 |
| 1895 | 39 | #282 |
| 1894 | 32 | #308 |
| 1893 | 36 | #287 |
| 1892 | 37 | #303 |
| 1891 | 27 | #325 |
| 1890 | 43 | #259 |
| 1889 | 33 | #294 |
| 1888 | 27 | #353 |
| 1887 | 30 | #306 |
| 1886 | 19 | #403 |
| 1885 | 34 | #284 |
| 1884 | 17 | #450 |
| 1883 | 38 | #263 |
| 1882 | 19 | #416 |
| 1881 | 36 | #262 |
| 1880 | 24 | #350 |
Names like Hugo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Milo, Isaac, Hudson, Hunter, Ezra, Austin, Harrison, Elijah, Theo, Caleb, Roman, Felix
Names related to Hugo
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Hugo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hugo, updated 20 October 2026.