# Ugo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ugo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 312 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 312 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 | 5,838 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,345 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,530 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,687 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,905 |
| 1988 | 6 | 7,220 |
| 1989 | 8 | 6,202 |
| 1991 | 6 | 8,189 |
| 1992 | 9 | 6,106 |
| 1993 | 5 | 10,080 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,724 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,464 |
| 2002 | 5 | 12,385 |
| 2022 | 5 | 14,176 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14,102 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Ugo

- Ugo Humbert, French tennis player (born 1998)
- Ugo Ehiogu, English association football player (1972-2017)
- Hugo Schiff, German chemist (1834–1915)
- Ugo Legrand, French judoka
- Ugo Pignotti, fencer (1898–1989)
- Ugo Poletti, Catholic cardinal (1914–1997)
- Ugo Ugochukwu, American racing driver
- Ugo Ihemelu, American soccer player
- Hugo Eterianus, Catholic cardinal
- Ugo Bonnet, French association football player
- Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris (c. 898–956)
- Hugh I, Count of Vermandois, French noble

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.