Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Hugo

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Hugo
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

811

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

1.7%

2024

797

All-time

36,638

Hugo has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 811 boys were named Hugo.

In 2024, only 797 boys were given the name.

All told, about 36,638 Americans have been named Hugo and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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