Hughey is a rare variant of Hugh that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Hughey is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1962. Hughey was first reported in SSA data in 1893 and peaked in 1917 (21 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,303 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #3,808 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #4,295 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #3,134 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #4,197 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | #2,701 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,678 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,048 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #2,886 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #3,144 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | #2,433 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,748 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #2,479 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #2,640 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #2,756 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | #2,394 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #2,963 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,004 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | #2,135 |
| 1936 | 10 | — | #2,365 |
| 1935 | 12 | — | #2,185 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | #2,650 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,015 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,261 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #2,876 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | #3,518 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #2,798 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #2,803 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | #2,254 |
| 1924 | 16 | — | #2,087 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,301 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #3,685 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | #3,094 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | #2,275 |
| 1919 | 15 | — | #2,101 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | #2,774 |
| 1917 | 21 | — | #1,614 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,091 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | #1,830 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,777 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | #2,011 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,141 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #820 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,115 |