Hughes
#5,067 most common boys' name of all time · #12,542 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1896–2025
Rank among boys
#5,067
Rank overall
#12,542 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
919
Since 2016
163
Peak year
1916 #796
Best rank
#796 1916
Girls
Boys
peak 61/yr
Hughes first appears in 1896. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,260 |
| 2024 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,904 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,950 |
| 2022 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,316 |
| 2021 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,353 |
| 2020 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,874 |
| 2019 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,132 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,645 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,714 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,859 |
| 2015 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,157 |
| 2013 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,677 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,073 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,910 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,458 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,937 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,357 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,644 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,445 |
| 1999 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,564 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,627 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,083 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,884 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,000 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,001 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,621 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,400 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,372 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,522 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,491 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,231 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,708 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,701 |
| 1958 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,093 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,093 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1954 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,248 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,519 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,158 |
| 1951 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,409 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,491 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,101 |
| 1947 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,405 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,636 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,091 |
| 1943 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,628 |
| 1942 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,081 |
| 1941 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,034 |
| 1940 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1939 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,100 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,631 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,270 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,696 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,031 |
| 1934 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,357 |
| 1932 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,918 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,156 |
| 1930 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,924 |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,641 |
| 1928 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,325 |
| 1927 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,154 |
| 1926 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,624 |
| 1925 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,810 |
| 1924 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,399 |
| 1923 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,307 |
| 1921 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,497 |
| 1920 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,011 |
| 1919 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,437 |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1917 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,233 |
| 1916 | — | 61 | 61 | #796 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,928 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,040 |
| 1913 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,474 |
| 1912 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,256 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,094 |