Unisex name · since 1913
Hue
Hue has 476 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1931 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,137 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 476
- born since 1913
- 1990s
- peak decade
476 boys have been named Hue since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Hue has 476 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2024.
- #8,137 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 476 born since 1913
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hue ranks #8,137 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 476 born since 1913, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,137 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 476
- born since 1913
- 1990s
- peak decade
Hue's 476 recorded births place it above 82.09% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Hue's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hue's SSA record in two at 1951 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1931 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hue popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2024
- Peak year (1931)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Hue popularity over time - girls
89 total births recorded since 1977 (Hue as girls' name)
Hue by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (85 births, 18% of the file).
1990s was Hue's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Hue births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
53 births
- 1920s
1920s
64 births
- 1930s
1930s
62 births
- 1940s
1940s
51 births
- 1950s 28
1950s
28 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
83 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 85 births (18% of all-time use).
Hue by state
Where Hue concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 42 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 6 | 1.3% |
42 of 476 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Hue's data
- Hue's decade-level peak was the 1990s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Hues (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hue: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1913–2024 (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 Hue 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.