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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Hugo

Used in both girl and boy records

Hugo appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Hugo by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDHugo as a girl’s nameUS records 1982–2020
#32425girl rank1993peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDHugo as a boy’s nameUS records 1880–2024
#564boy rank2006peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Hugo in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl19938 uses#955919931982–20206 listed years
Boy2006811 uses#25918901880–2020141 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.