Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Hughes” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hughes” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Hughes” 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 “Hughes” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hughes” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hughes” 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
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1912 15 0.000015181 15 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 61 0.000031534 61 -100%
1917 31 0.000015448 31 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 26 0.000012321 26 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 -100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 -100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 16 0.000007197 16 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 -100%
2015 15 0.000004053 15 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 -100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 -100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 -100%
2022 24 0.000007094 24 -100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 -100%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 -100%

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