Hue — #12408 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hue

The Social Security Administration has registered 476 babies named Hue between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hue currently holds the #12408 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Hue is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 89 additional births since 1977.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hue performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Hue shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Hue in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hue in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 476 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.