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Hud

#6,590 in 2025Boys' name

From Arabic هُود; literal meaning unconfirmed

Hud has been given to 87 babies in the U.S. since 1964. In 2025 it ranked #6,590 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Hud, 2025

1 in 255,000

Hud over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hud: meaning, origin, and history

From Arabic هُود; literal meaning unconfirmed

Arabic

What Hud means

Hud is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Hud is used in Malay. Its origins include Arabic.

Hud comes through Arabic هُود.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Malay, Hud is pronounced [hot].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 87 boys were recorded with the name Hud between 1964 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,944 in 1964.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Hud?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 131,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,590
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hud sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hud. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Huds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hud was born before 2018 — so the typical Hud is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
42.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
54.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
87
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 42.5% of all recorded uses (37).

Is Hud rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+4,852
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (13)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,944
1964

Hud around the world

Where Hud ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2025
    #2,133
    in 2025
  • France
    2017–2025
    #5,374
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1988–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hud by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,590
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#2,944
1964
Peak year
2025
13 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
87
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Hud

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Hud

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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