Ugo — #12404 US boys' name
312 babies named Ugo in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Ugo was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Ugo in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ugo
The Social Security Administration has registered 312 babies named Ugo between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ugo currently holds the #12404 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ugo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Ugo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ugo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ugo 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 312 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.
Ugo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ugo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (1921)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #12404 among boys.
312 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 20 births in a single year.
Ugo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 129 births that decade — 41% of Ugo's all-time total
Ugo decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ugo's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Ugo by state
Where Ugo concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 19 | 6.1% |
19 of 312 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 6.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.