Hugo
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Hugo
Hugo, the Latin form of Hugh, has more heft and energy than the original -- and of course we love names that end (or begin, for that matter) with an o. This one is especially appealing because it's backed up by lots of solid history and European style.
Hugo is one of those names that misses by a single year ranking in the Top 1000 for its entire history. It fell off the list in 1948, the height of post-WWII pro-American fervor, before heading back up.
Hugh has held steady in the middle of the US Top 1000 for more than 40 years now, but we predict might be headed for the kind of popularity it enjoys in the rest of the English-speaking world and many European countries.
Hugo ranks in or near the Top 100 in countries and cultures as diverse as Sweden and Spain, France and Finland. It's also a favorite boys' name on Nameberry, usually a harbinger of future success in the US as a whole.
In the seventh Harry Potter novel, Ron and Hermione bestow the name Hugo on their son. Hugo Strange, meanwhile, is a longtime adversary of Batman.
Real-life Hugos include Hugo Chavez, the late president of Venezuela, and the fashion world's Hugo Boss. In the more distant past there was the distinguished Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black.
Trivia tidbit: The annual awards for sci-fi writing are called the Hugos, honoring early genre writer Hugo Gernsback.
Hugo is also given to girls.
Pronounced HYU-go.
As of October 2026, Hugo ranked #378 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #263 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #37.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #436 | 695 | 361.8 |
| 2015 | #432 | 708 | 369.4 |
| 2016 | #430 | 723 | 381 |
| 2017 | #416 | 750 | 405.2 |
| 2018 | #422 | 733 | 403.6 |
| 2019 | #462 | 648 | 361.2 |
| 2020 | #421 | 709 | 410.8 |
| 2021 | #437 | 714 | 408.1 |
| 2022 | #401 | 799 | 457.6 |
| 2023 | #415 | 769 | 449.6 |
| 2024 | #403 | 797 | 462.6 |
| 2025 | #378 | 837 | 490 |
World rankings
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Hugo on lists
Famous Hugos
- Hugo Grotius (b. 1583)Boy
Dutch jurist and "father" of international law
- Hugo ChavezBoy
late President of Venezuela
- Hugo BossBoy
German fashion designer
- Hugo WeavingBoy
Australian actor
- Hugo WolfBoy
Austrian composer
- Hugo TheorellBoy
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Hugo Pierre Leclercq aka MadeonBoy
a French electronic music producer
- Hugo Davis (b. 1996)Boy
son of actor Phil Davis
- Hugo James Wentzel (b. 1999)Boy
son of Amy Carter; grandson of U.S. President Jimmy Carter
- Hugo Häkkinen (b. 2001)Boy
son of racing driver Mika Häkkinen
- Hugo Steuer (b. 2003)Boy
son of skater Ingo Steuer
- Hugo Bernard Tambor (b. 2009)Boy
son of actor Jeffrey Tambor
- Hugo VereaBoy
son of actors Gabrielle Anwar and John Verea
- Hugo Wilson Dallas (b. 2016)Boy
son of Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas
- Victor HugoBoy
French novelist
- Hugo LlorisBoy
French goalkeeper (Team Captain during France's 2018 World Cup win)
Hugo in pop culture
- Hugo "Hurley" ReyesBoy
character on TV's "Lost"
- Hugo GrangerBoy
Weasley, son of Ron and Hermione in the Harry Potter series
- Hugo CabretBoy
character in novel "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" and film "Hugo"
- Hugo StiglitzBoy
character in film "Inglourious Basterds"
- Hugo VegaBoy
character in video game "Dream Daddy"
- HugoBoy
Character in 'The Boy Who Dared'
- HugoBoy
a mole,like Mabu from the video game "Skylanders"
- Hugo HortonBoy
character on British TV series 'The Vicar of Dibley'
- HugoBoy
character in Belgian game "OFF"
- Hugo CarmodyBoy
character in books by P. G. Wodehouse
- Hugo WeschlerBoy
boy who gets slapped in TV series "The Slap"
- Hugo SimpsonBoy
twin of Bart Simpson in an alternate universe episode of "The Simpsons"
- Hurricane HugoBoy
1989 hurricane
- HugoBoy
dragon character in animated movie "Barbie as Rapunzel"
- Hugo HabercoreBoy
nemesis to Bob and former fiancé of Linda in "Bob's Burgers"
- Hugo StrangeBoy
DC comics villain and member of batman's rogues gallery
- Hugo ArgresteBoy
the name given to Marinette and Adrien's son in Marinette's fantasy in Miraculous Tales of Ladybug & Chat Noir
- Hugo (cocktail)Boy
aperitif based on prosecco and elderflower syrup
- HugoBoy
carnival worker in Lemony Snicket's "A Series Of Unfortunate Events"