Meaning and history
Old German form of Hugh. As a surname, it was borne by the French author Victor Hugo (1802–1885), who wrote The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables.
20062006: 811 births, rank #370
2007: 740 births, rank #400
2008: 779 births, rank #388
2009: 722 births, rank #407
2010: 616 births, rank #440
20112011: 618 births, rank #439
2012: 639 births, rank #433
2013: 656 births, rank #438
2014: 695 births, rank #436
2015: 708 births, rank #432
20162016: 724 births, rank #430
2017: 750 births, rank #416
2018: 733 births, rank #422
2019: 648 births, rank #462
2020: 709 births, rank #421
20212021: 714 births, rank #437
2022: 800 births, rank #399
2023: 771 births, rank #415
2024: 799 births, rank #404
20252025: 837 births, rank #377
Hugo rose from #404 to #378 for boys between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 837.