Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Hugh” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hugh” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Hugh” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Hugh” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Hugh” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Hugh” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Hugh” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hugh” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 224 0.001111751 224 -100%
1881 219 0.001136552 219 -100%
1882 239 0.001078846 239 -100%
1883 215 0.00099103 215 -100%
1884 246 0.001010429 246 -100%
1885 257 0.001067036 257 -100%
1886 227 0.000889094 227 -100%
1887 250 0.001010542 250 -100%
1888 253 0.000844815 253 -100%
1889 225 0.000778692 225 -100%
1890 219 0.000726607 219 -100%
1891 233 0.000812773 233 -100%
1892 265 0.000792526 265 -100%
1893 241 0.00074103 241 -100%
1894 269 0.000794237 269 -100%
1895 243 0.000692268 243 -100%
1896 263 0.000735697 263 -100%
1897 213 0.000613909 213 -100%
1898 250 0.000655385 250 -100%
1899 209 0.000616094 209 -100%
1900 290 0.000644075 290 -100%
1901 192 0.000555215 192 -100%
1902 217 0.000561111 217 -100%
1903 193 0.000506296 193 -100%
1904 202 0.000500638 202 -100%
1905 200 0.000471785 200 -100%
1906 195 0.000455128 195 -100%
1907 212 0.000455532 212 -100%
1908 215 0.000439989 215 -100%
1909 260 0.000508583 260 -100%
1910 279 0.000472312 279 -100%
1911 314 0.000487367 7 307 -96%
1912 655 0.000662914 7 648 -98%
1913 760 0.000668361 6 754 -98%
1914 972 0.000686274 5 967 -99%
1915 1327 0.000724177 9 1318 -99%
1916 1626 0.000840563 7 1619 -99%
1917 1415 0.00070512 12 1403 -98%
1918 1505 0.000693193 16 1489 -98%
1919 1426 0.000675751 9 1417 -99%
1920 1507 0.000666035 18 1489 -98%
1921 1500 0.000642535 15 1485 -98%
1922 1457 0.000636479 16 1441 -98%
1923 1430 0.000621069 18 1412 -97%
1924 1548 0.000649981 7 1541 -99%
1925 1399 0.000599579 13 1386 -98%
1926 1409 0.000613701 16 1393 -98%
1927 1374 0.000592405 17 1357 -98%
1928 1385 0.000612578 11 1374 -98%
1929 1240 0.000565652 11 1229 -98%
1930 1353 0.000608558 11 1342 -98%
1931 1334 0.000633913 8 1326 -99%
1932 1333 0.000631367 13 1320 -98%
1933 1118 0.000559155 1118 -100%
1934 1196 0.000575882 9 1187 -98%
1935 1154 0.00055218 12 1142 -98%
1936 1080 0.000519836 6 1074 -99%
1937 1075 0.000504536 5 1070 -99%
1938 1130 0.000510717 9 1121 -98%
1939 1005 0.000456105 6 999 -99%
1940 1060 0.000460332 1060 -100%
1941 1089 0.000446966 6 1083 -99%
1942 1260 0.000461231 6 1254 -99%
1943 1206 0.000427272 1206 -100%
1944 1073 0.000398873 9 1064 -98%
1945 961 0.000362244 961 -100%
1946 1088 0.000340499 1088 -100%
1947 1201 0.000333396 1201 -100%
1948 1039 0.00030094 1039 -100%
1949 1042 0.000299015 1042 -100%
1950 964 0.000275165 5 959 -99%
1951 1024 0.000277978 1024 -100%
1952 977 0.00025724 977 -100%
1953 964 0.000250153 5 959 -99%
1954 943 0.000236893 943 -100%
1955 896 0.000223159 896 -100%
1956 958 0.000232353 958 -100%
1957 967 0.000230121 967 -100%
1958 1036 0.000250611 5 1031 -99%
1959 988 0.000237615 5 983 -99%
1960 904 0.000217631 904 -100%
1961 872 0.000210511 872 -100%
1962 814 0.000201716 814 -100%
1963 794 0.000200596 794 -100%
1964 722 0.000185718 722 -100%
1965 656 0.000180943 656 -100%
1966 566 0.000162847 566 -100%
1967 502 0.000147869 502 -100%
1968 503 0.000148886 9 494 -96%
1969 460 0.000132362 460 -100%
1970 486 0.000134756 486 -100%
1971 435 0.000126735 435 -100%
1972 402 0.000127904 402 -100%
1973 299 0.000099109 299 -100%
1974 294 0.000096711 294 -100%
1975 280 0.000092734 280 -100%
1976 242 0.000079755 242 -100%
1977 262 0.000082481 262 -100%
1978 241 0.000075933 241 -100%
1979 237 0.000071235 237 -100%
1980 227 0.000065902 227 -100%
1981 210 0.000060705 210 -100%
1982 230 0.000065565 230 -100%
1983 198 0.00005717 198 -100%
1984 200 0.000057327 200 -100%
1985 229 0.000064162 5 224 -96%
1986 191 0.000053696 191 -100%
1987 199 0.000055192 199 -100%
1988 186 0.000050338 186 -100%
1989 210 0.000054624 210 -100%
1990 193 0.00004883 193 -100%
1991 176 0.000045183 176 -100%
1992 161 0.000041913 161 -100%
1993 142 0.000037663 142 -100%
1994 168 0.00004519 168 -100%
1995 175 0.000047786 175 -100%
1996 193 0.000052917 193 -100%
1997 202 0.000055713 202 -100%
1998 203 0.00005519 203 -100%
1999 178 0.000048188 178 -100%
2000 171 0.000045239 171 -100%
2001 187 0.000049955 187 -100%
2002 191 0.000051093 191 -100%
2003 194 0.000051021 194 -100%
2004 184 0.000048156 184 -100%
2005 182 0.000047336 182 -100%
2006 184 0.000046509 184 -100%
2007 200 0.000050029 200 -100%
2008 195 0.00004961 195 -100%
2009 199 0.000052092 199 -100%
2010 206 0.00005574 206 -100%
2011 210 0.000057412 210 -100%
2012 220 0.000060153 220 -100%
2013 227 0.000062266 227 -100%
2014 255 0.0000688 255 -100%
2015 265 0.000071604 265 -100%
2016 264 0.00007196 264 -100%
2017 264 0.000073821 264 -100%
2018 281 0.000079923 281 -100%
2019 287 0.000082687 287 -100%
2020 324 0.000096989 324 -100%
2021 343 0.000101241 343 -100%
2022 312 0.000092222 312 -100%
2023 323 0.000097548 323 -100%
2024 332 0.000099745 332 -100%

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