Hughes — #4881 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hughes

The Social Security Administration has registered 894 babies named Hughes between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hughes currently holds the #4881 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hughes performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Hughes shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Hughes in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hughes 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 894 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.