Houston

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #675 for boys in 2025, 402 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#318
1901 · 31 births
Debut · boys
1880
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,104
since 1880

Houston over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Houston has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #318, 1901boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,86011#675402
2024#7,59414#704381
2023#7,24715#689387
2022#5,98420#696380
2021#4,60729#625440
2020#6,08319#730336
2019#6,69817#684374
2018#7,40915#751314
2017#9,34111#804284
2016#10,11310#803287
2015#8,00814#850264
2014#7,30216#932227
2013#11,9698#972206
2012#14,9626#936217
2011—#943210
2010#16,9925#878238
2009#13,7047#938219
2008#13,8327#872243
2007#15,4916#834256
2006#15,1526#834243
2005#10,12810#844218
2004#11,6248#827215
2003#13,8446#833209
2002#8,83711#882186
2001#9,35110#833195
2000#9,8749#776214
1999#8,80510#763209
1998#6,71914#727226
1997#8,33410#653251
1996#7,57411#635267
1995#6,25714#640264
1994#5,71316#633270
1993#11,7806#712211
1992#6,65213#748190
1991#6,58813#685218
1990#6,86712#729196
1989#6,16013#727185
1988#9,2447#713172
1987#8,7787#695171
1986—#785133
1985—#93994
1984—#848107
1983—#94288
1982—#99582
1981—#1,10168
1980—#1,13364
1979—#1,22156
1978—#1,20355
1977—#1,45040
1976—#1,28647
1975—#1,23847
1974—#1,43936
1973—#1,32939
1972—#1,28542
1971—#1,05759
1970—#1,04361
1969—#1,02756
1968—#85173
1967—#81877
1966—#1,02750
1965—#85973
1964—#88175
1963—#89170
1962—#1,05652
1961—#1,02858
1960—#1,09850
1959—#1,06852
1958—#88373
1957—#90870
1956—#80486
1955—#80782
1954—#75190
1953—#701102
1952—#71796
1951—#69999
1950—#72689
1949—#683100
1948—#68396
1947—#618121
1946—#626105
1945—#61297
1944—#581111
1943—#607108
1942—#571117
1941—#568112
1940—#517126
1939—#62188
1938—#529121
1937—#59395
1936—#577100
1935—#59395
1934—#563110
1933—#557105
1932—#496134
1931—#522123
1930—#532126
1929—#497139
1928—#493150
1927—#491153
1926—#481156
1925—#490154
1924—#470172
1923—#502147
1922—#480164
1921—#469170
1920—#459174
1919—#448171
1918—#460167
1917—#454154
1916—#443158
1915—#456145
1914—#469106
1913—#47583
1912—#51558
1911—#50634
1910—#42141
1909—#42834
1908—#36539
1907—#39632
1906—#45624
1905—#40428
1904—#40127
1903—#37027
1902—#36030
1901—#31831
1900—#38533
1899—#52114
1898—#48518
1897—#42220
1896—#35729
1895—#41422
1894—#46418
1893—#44817
1892—#54714
1891—#38620
1890—#53313
1889—#58111
1888—#38723
1887—#42016
1886—#34824
1885—#52113
1884—#48815
1883—#44816
1882—#43717
1881—#53311
1880—#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Houston was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.

See more about Houston
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 29 spots since 2024 (#704 → #675)
  • 55 spots since 2020 (#730 → #675)
  • 175 spots since 2015 (#850 → #675)
  • Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1967 (#1,027 → #818)
  • Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1889 (#387 → #581)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #318 (31 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 128 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 128 yrs · run 1880–1958
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,434
  • Highest: 1 in 3,434 boys born in 1901 were named Houston (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,249 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 14.5% of all boys named Houston (2,621) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s162#348 (1886)#461
1890s185#357 (1896)#458
1900s305#318 (1901)#388
1910s1,117#421 (1910)#465
1920s1,579#459 (1920)#483
1930s1,097#496 (1932)#558
1940s1,093#517 (1940)#607
1950s839#699 (1951)#806
1960s634#818 (1967)#954
1970s482#1,043 (1970)#1,255
1980s1,164#695 (1987)#888
1990s2,302#633 (1994)#693
2000s2,198#776 (2000)#847
2010s2,621#684 (2019)#855
2020s2,326#625 (2021)#687

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Houston in 1991

girls
#6,588
13 births · 1 in 144,231 girls
boys
#685
218 births · 1 in 9,268 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #6,588Houston13

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #685Houston218
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 144,231 of them was named Houston, which outranked 57.4% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Houston
  1. #6,253Zeina14
  2. #6,253Zelina14
  3. #6,253Zully14
  4. #6,588Houston13
  5. #6,588Abbygail13
  6. #6,588Abena13
  7. #6,588Addy13
  8. #6,976Aarica12
  9. #6,976Abygail12
  10. #6,976Adah12

Tied with 387 names at #6,588; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 9,268 of them was named Houston, which outranked 92.9% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Houston
  1. #682Alton221
  2. #683Dominque220
  3. #683Rex220
  4. #685Houston218
  5. #686Cecil217
  6. #686Deven217
  7. #686Raheem217
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →