Hughes Popularity by Year
Follow Hughes across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Hughes birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 24 | #4,249 | Up 641 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 20 | #4,890 | Up 1,037 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 15 | #5,927 | Down 1,624 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 24 | #4,303 | Up 1,035 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 17 | #5,338 | Down 483 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 19 | #4,855 | Up 1,249 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 14 | #6,104 | Up 1,513 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 10 | #7,617 | Down 932 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 12 | #6,685 | Up 2,131 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 8 | #8,816 | Down 3,070 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 15 | #5,746 | Up 2,384 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 9 | #8,130 | Down 2,471 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 15 | #5,659 | Up 1,391 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 11 | #7,050 | Down 41 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 11 | #7,009 | Up 2,855 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 7 | #9,864 | Up 2,503 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 5 | #12,367 | Down 5,463 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 11 | #6,904 | Up 1,395 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 8 | #8,299 | Up 1,282 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 6 | #9,581 | Down 189 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 6 | #9,392 | Down 2,862 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 9 | #6,530 | Up 1,030 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Up 1,455 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | Down 3,192 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 8 | #5,823 | Up 2,082 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 5 | #7,905 | Down 1,979 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 6 | #5,926 | Up 597 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 5 | #6,523 | Down 208 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 5 | #6,315 | Down 53 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 5 | #6,262 | Down 1,821 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | Down 37 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 5 | #4,404 | Down 268 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 5 | #4,136 | Down 188 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 5 | #3,948 | Down 308 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 6 | #3,640 | Down 21 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 6 | #3,619 | Down 586 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 8 | #3,033 | Up 960 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 5 | #3,993 | Down 792 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 7 | #3,201 | Down 994 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 13 | #2,207 | Up 1,218 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 6 | #3,425 | Down 330 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 7 | #3,095 | Down 728 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 11 | #2,367 | Up 71 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 10 | #2,438 | Up 572 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 7 | #3,010 | Down 654 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 11 | #2,356 | Up 1,169 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 5 | #3,525 | Down 529 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 6 | #2,996 | Down 433 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 9 | #2,563 | Down 521 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 13 | #2,042 | Down 45 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 13 | #1,997 | Up 84 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 12 | #2,081 | Down 31 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 12 | #2,050 | Up 1,484 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 5 | #3,534 | Down 359 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 6 | #3,175 | Down 546 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 8 | #2,629 | Up 322 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 7 | #2,951 | Down 388 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 9 | #2,563 | Up 705 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 6 | #3,268 | Down 419 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 8 | #2,849 | Down 748 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 13 | #2,101 | Down 212 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 16 | #1,889 | Up 700 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 10 | #2,589 | Down 319 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 13 | #2,270 | Down 149 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 15 | #2,121 | Up 445 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 11 | #2,566 | Up 189 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 10 | #2,755 | Down 408 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 13 | #2,347 | Up 99 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 12 | #2,446 | Up 806 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 8 | #3,252 | Down 1,777 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 26 | #1,475 | Up 491 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 17 | #1,966 | Down 558 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 26 | #1,408 | Up 497 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 17 | #1,905 | Down 683 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 31 | #1,222 | Down 432 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 61 | #790 | Up 1,088 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 15 | #1,878 | Up 97 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 11 | #1,975 | Down 534 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 14 | #1,441 | Down 218 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 15 | #1,223 | Down 241 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 6 | #982 | — |