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Hughes

“heart, mind”

masculineLatin script

/hjuːz/ · English

Origin: Not established
2 language contexts: English French
Follow the evidence: 5 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Hughes

Hughes is a masculine given name documented in English and French. It is a form of Hugh, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “heart, mind”.

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “heart, mind”

Hughes < όνομα Hugh, νορμανδικής προέλευσης < παλαιά γαλλική Hue < παλαιά άνω γερμανική Hugo. Συσχετίζεται με το γαελικό όνομα Aodh (βλ. και το επώνυμο McKay), παράγωγο της γαελικής λέξης για τη φωτιά, και με τα επώνυμα McCoy και McHugh.

Sources for this account (4)

Greek Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q18324337CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HuguesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDu français Hugues.

Du français Hugues.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Hughes is used

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countries in our sources

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2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 24 boys (rank 4249). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 13 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Hughes

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 24; applications; Rank #4,249
Peak year: 1916; 61 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hughes in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	6	982	observed
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	15	1,223	observed
1913	14	1,441	observed
1914	11	1,975	observed
1915	15	1,878	observed
1916	61	790	observed
1917	31	1,222	observed
1918	17	1,905	observed
1919	26	1,408	observed
1920	17	1,966	observed
1921	26	1,475	observed
1922	8	3,252	observed
1923	12	2,446	observed
1924	13	2,347	observed
1925	10	2,755	observed
1926	11	2,566	observed
1927	15	2,121	observed
1928	13	2,270	observed
1929	10	2,589	observed
1930	16	1,889	observed
1931	13	2,101	observed
1932	8	2,849	observed
1933	6	3,268	observed
1934	9	2,563	observed
1935	7	2,951	observed
1936	8	2,629	observed
1937	6	3,175	observed
1938	5	3,534	observed
1939	12	2,050	observed
1940	12	2,081	observed
1941	13	1,997	observed
1942	13	2,042	observed
1943	9	2,563	observed
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	6	2,996	observed
1946	5	3,525	observed
1947	11	2,356	observed
1948	7	3,010	observed
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	10	2,438	observed
1951	11	2,367	observed
1952	7	3,095	observed
1953	6	3,425	observed
1954	13	2,207	observed
1955	7	3,201	observed
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	5	3,993	observed
1958	8	3,033	observed
1959	6	3,619	observed
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	6	3,640	observed
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	5	3,948	observed
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	5	4,136	observed
1969	5	4,404	observed
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	6	4,441	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	5	6,262	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	5	6,315	observed
1985	5	6,523	observed
1986	6	5,926	observed
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	5	7,905	observed
1990	8	5,823	observed
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	5	9,015	observed
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	7	7,560	observed
1999	9	6,530	observed
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	6	9,392	observed
2003	6	9,581	observed
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	8	8,299	observed
2006	11	6,904	observed
2007	5	12,367	observed
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	7	9,864	observed
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	11	7,009	observed
2012	11	7,050	observed
2013	15	5,659	observed
2014	9	8,130	observed
2015	15	5,746	observed
2016	8	8,816	observed
2017	12	6,685	observed
2018	10	7,617	observed
2019	14	6,104	observed
2020	19	4,855	observed
2021	17	5,338	observed
2022	24	4,303	observed
2023	15	5,927	observed
2024	20	4,890	observed
2025	24	4,249	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Hughes” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Eduardo Galeano
1940–2015
Uruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Hughes with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q18324337CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HuguesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Hughes

Hughes is a masculine given name documented in English and French. It is a form of Hugh, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “heart, mind”.

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “heart, mind”

Sources for this account (4)

Greek Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q18324337CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HuguesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDu français Hugues.

Du français Hugues.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Hughes is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Hughes’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 24 boys (rank 4249). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 13 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Hughes

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 24; applications; Rank #4,249
Peak year: 1916; 61 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hughes in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	6	982	observed
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	15	1,223	observed
1913	14	1,441	observed
1914	11	1,975	observed
1915	15	1,878	observed
1916	61	790	observed
1917	31	1,222	observed
1918	17	1,905	observed
1919	26	1,408	observed
1920	17	1,966	observed
1921	26	1,475	observed
1922	8	3,252	observed
1923	12	2,446	observed
1924	13	2,347	observed
1925	10	2,755	observed
1926	11	2,566	observed
1927	15	2,121	observed
1928	13	2,270	observed
1929	10	2,589	observed
1930	16	1,889	observed
1931	13	2,101	observed
1932	8	2,849	observed
1933	6	3,268	observed
1934	9	2,563	observed
1935	7	2,951	observed
1936	8	2,629	observed
1937	6	3,175	observed
1938	5	3,534	observed
1939	12	2,050	observed
1940	12	2,081	observed
1941	13	1,997	observed
1942	13	2,042	observed
1943	9	2,563	observed
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	6	2,996	observed
1946	5	3,525	observed
1947	11	2,356	observed
1948	7	3,010	observed
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	10	2,438	observed
1951	11	2,367	observed
1952	7	3,095	observed
1953	6	3,425	observed
1954	13	2,207	observed
1955	7	3,201	observed
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	5	3,993	observed
1958	8	3,033	observed
1959	6	3,619	observed
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	6	3,640	observed
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	5	3,948	observed
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	5	4,136	observed
1969	5	4,404	observed
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	6	4,441	observed
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	5	6,262	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	5	6,315	observed
1985	5	6,523	observed
1986	6	5,926	observed
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	5	7,905	observed
1990	8	5,823	observed
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	5	9,015	observed
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	7	7,560	observed
1999	9	6,530	observed
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	6	9,392	observed
2003	6	9,581	observed
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	8	8,299	observed
2006	11	6,904	observed
2007	5	12,367	observed
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	7	9,864	observed
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	11	7,009	observed
2012	11	7,050	observed
2013	15	5,659	observed
2014	9	8,130	observed
2015	15	5,746	observed
2016	8	8,816	observed
2017	12	6,685	observed
2018	10	7,617	observed
2019	14	6,104	observed
2020	19	4,855	observed
2021	17	5,338	observed
2022	24	4,303	observed
2023	15	5,927	observed
2024	20	4,890	observed
2025	24	4,249	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q18324337CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HuguesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HughesCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Hughes

Meaning in the sources

Where Hughes is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Eduardo Galeano

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Hughes

Meaning in the sources

Where Hughes is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Eduardo Galeano

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page