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Baby name
Hugo
Boy
Origin of the name
Hugo is a form of Hugh, of Germanic origin, linked to a word meaning “mind, spirit.”
Classic name
37,482births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 377rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Hugo are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Hugo is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Hugo is most common in California (3.3 times), Texas (2.7) and Nevada (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Hugh 83,825
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