Hugo

Boy name

Hugo ranks #174 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 11 places, 449 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #201 for cats.

Hugo's popularity trend

Hugo's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2024.

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Year	Share
2025	0.032%
2024	0.035%
2023	0.033%
2022	0.024%
2021	0.028%
2020	0.021%
2019	0.021%
2018	0.018%
2017	0.014%
2016	0.014%
2015	0.015%
2014	0.015%
2013	0.013%
2012	0.009%
2011	0.009%
2010	0.011%
2009	0.01%
2008	0.007%
2007	0.007%

Licensed dogs in our data

449

across 11 places

Popularity rank

#174

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+183

2020 → 2025

Gender split

100% boys

0% girls100% boys

Where Hugo shows up

Hugo's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


BurnsideAustralia	0.4%
TorontoCanada	0.4%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.2%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.2%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.1%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.1%
PlayfordAustralia	0.1%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%

Names like Hugo

Hughie Hugh Ugo Hugo Humble Lugo

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