Boys' name · since 1964
Hud
Since 1964, U.S. Social Security records show 87 babies named Hud, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,294 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,522 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 87
- born since 1964
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hud is the #6522 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 87 recorded since 1964.
Social Security Administration records show Hud recorded 87 times among boys since 1964, holding rank #6522 nationally today, ahead of 53% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #18,294 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,522 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 87 born since 1964
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hud ranks #18,294 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,522 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 87 born since 1964, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,294 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,522 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 87
- born since 1964
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hud's 87 recorded births place it above 59.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hud compares
87 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hud's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hud | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 87 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hud's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hud's full recorded timeline at 2018, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hud popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Hud by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (37 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Hud's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Hud births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
29 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 37 births (43% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hud: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~61 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1964–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hud draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.