Hugo dog name

We found 4,581 dogs named Hugo in the public pet registers of 27 places. Combining all places, Hugo is the #151 dog name. Almost all dogs named Hugo are male.

🐱 Hugo is also a cat name (#239 for cats, 33 cats).

Hugo as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Sweden Sweden #27 in top 100 3,125 29 2025
Allegheny County United States #778 of 51,228 79 1.9 2003–2026
New York City United States #231 of 34,500 220 6.6 2014–2025
South Australia Australia #59 in top 100 891 27 2025
Toronto Canada #84 of 10,500 86 17 2019
Seattle United States #144 of 8,191 26 10 2026
Playford Australia #220 of 4,586 12 7.2 2015
Cambridge United States #194 of 4,375 10 7.9 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #231 of 4,602 8 6.5 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #98 of 5,788 10 10.0 2025
Noosa Australia #55 of 3,045 26 27 2017
Laval Canada #433 of 2,965 3 3.6 2017–2026
Worcester United States #390 of 2,906 3 4.1 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #88 of 2,440 10 16 2026
Basel Switzerland #33 of 3,446 14 22 2026
Victoria Canada #105 of 2,588 9 15 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #90 of 1,974 11 20 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #216 of 2,062 4 7.6 2016
Burnside Australia #40 of 1,888 19 37 2015
Framingham United States #580 of 1,965 1 2.3 2020
Richmond United States #191 of 2,347 3 7.1 2018
Tacoma United States #170 of 1,917 3 8.3 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #214 of 1,161 2 7.5 2023
Port Moody Canada #188 of 1,280 2 8.4 2019
Villavicencio Colombia #214 of 717 1 5.9 2026
Prospect Australia #88 of 518 2 19 2016
Burlington United States #122 of 641 1 11 2022

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Hugo. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

99% male

4 female and 414 male dogs named Hugo, in the places that record sex.

Hugo over the years

Sweden
2018
2020
2022
2024
South Australia
2022
2024
Toronto
2012
2015
2020
2025

Dogs named Hugo per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Hugo

Compared to all dogs, Hugo is especially common among French Bulldogs (7.0×), Labradoodles (2.8×), Havaneses (2.7×), Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (2.4×) and Pugs (2.3×).

Based on 410 dogs named Hugo with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Hugo as a baby name

Hugo was the #377 boys' name in the US in 2025 (837 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #2 for boys in Spain (Balearic Islands), #2 for boys in Estonia, #2 for boys in Spain and #2 for boys in Sweden. See Hugo as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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