Houston
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #675 for boys in 2025, 402 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 31 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,104since 1880
Houston over time
Rank among boys' names. Houston has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | #675 | 402 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #704 | 381 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #689 | 387 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | #696 | 380 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #625 | 440 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #730 | 336 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #684 | 374 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #751 | 314 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #804 | 284 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | #803 | 287 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #850 | 264 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #932 | 227 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #972 | 206 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #936 | 217 |
| 2011 | — | #943 | 210 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #878 | 238 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #938 | 219 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #872 | 243 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #834 | 256 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #834 | 243 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #844 | 218 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #827 | 215 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #833 | 209 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #882 | 186 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #833 | 195 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #776 | 214 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #763 | 209 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #727 | 226 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #653 | 251 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #635 | 267 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #640 | 264 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #633 | 270 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #712 | 211 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #748 | 190 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #685 | 218 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #729 | 196 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #727 | 185 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #713 | 172 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #695 | 171 |
| 1986 | — | #785 | 133 | |
| 1985 | — | #939 | 94 | |
| 1984 | — | #848 | 107 | |
| 1983 | — | #942 | 88 | |
| 1982 | — | #995 | 82 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,101 | 68 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,133 | 64 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,221 | 56 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,203 | 55 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,450 | 40 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,286 | 47 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,238 | 47 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,439 | 36 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,329 | 39 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,285 | 42 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,057 | 59 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,043 | 61 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,027 | 56 | |
| 1968 | — | #851 | 73 | |
| 1967 | — | #818 | 77 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,027 | 50 | |
| 1965 | — | #859 | 73 | |
| 1964 | — | #881 | 75 | |
| 1963 | — | #891 | 70 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,056 | 52 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,028 | 58 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,098 | 50 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,068 | 52 | |
| 1958 | — | #883 | 73 | |
| 1957 | — | #908 | 70 | |
| 1956 | — | #804 | 86 | |
| 1955 | — | #807 | 82 | |
| 1954 | — | #751 | 90 | |
| 1953 | — | #701 | 102 | |
| 1952 | — | #717 | 96 | |
| 1951 | — | #699 | 99 | |
| 1950 | — | #726 | 89 | |
| 1949 | — | #683 | 100 | |
| 1948 | — | #683 | 96 | |
| 1947 | — | #618 | 121 | |
| 1946 | — | #626 | 105 | |
| 1945 | — | #612 | 97 | |
| 1944 | — | #581 | 111 | |
| 1943 | — | #607 | 108 | |
| 1942 | — | #571 | 117 | |
| 1941 | — | #568 | 112 | |
| 1940 | — | #517 | 126 | |
| 1939 | — | #621 | 88 | |
| 1938 | — | #529 | 121 | |
| 1937 | — | #593 | 95 | |
| 1936 | — | #577 | 100 | |
| 1935 | — | #593 | 95 | |
| 1934 | — | #563 | 110 | |
| 1933 | — | #557 | 105 | |
| 1932 | — | #496 | 134 | |
| 1931 | — | #522 | 123 | |
| 1930 | — | #532 | 126 | |
| 1929 | — | #497 | 139 | |
| 1928 | — | #493 | 150 | |
| 1927 | — | #491 | 153 | |
| 1926 | — | #481 | 156 | |
| 1925 | — | #490 | 154 | |
| 1924 | — | #470 | 172 | |
| 1923 | — | #502 | 147 | |
| 1922 | — | #480 | 164 | |
| 1921 | — | #469 | 170 | |
| 1920 | — | #459 | 174 | |
| 1919 | — | #448 | 171 | |
| 1918 | — | #460 | 167 | |
| 1917 | — | #454 | 154 | |
| 1916 | — | #443 | 158 | |
| 1915 | — | #456 | 145 | |
| 1914 | — | #469 | 106 | |
| 1913 | — | #475 | 83 | |
| 1912 | — | #515 | 58 | |
| 1911 | — | #506 | 34 | |
| 1910 | — | #421 | 41 | |
| 1909 | — | #428 | 34 | |
| 1908 | — | #365 | 39 | |
| 1907 | — | #396 | 32 | |
| 1906 | — | #456 | 24 | |
| 1905 | — | #404 | 28 | |
| 1904 | — | #401 | 27 | |
| 1903 | — | #370 | 27 | |
| 1902 | — | #360 | 30 | |
| 1901 | — | #318 | 31 | |
| 1900 | — | #385 | 33 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #485 | 18 | |
| 1897 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1896 | — | #357 | 29 | |
| 1895 | — | #414 | 22 | |
| 1894 | — | #464 | 18 | |
| 1893 | — | #448 | 17 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #386 | 20 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #387 | 23 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #348 | 24 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #448 | 16 | |
| 1882 | — | #437 | 17 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #318 (31 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 128 yrs · run 1880–1958
- 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%)
- 14.5% of all boys named Houston (2,621) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 162 | #348 (1886) | #461 |
| 1890s | 185 | #357 (1896) | #458 |
| 1900s | 305 | #318 (1901) | #388 |
| 1910s | 1,117 | #421 (1910) | #465 |
| 1920s | 1,579 | #459 (1920) | #483 |
| 1930s | 1,097 | #496 (1932) | #558 |
| 1940s | 1,093 | #517 (1940) | #607 |
| 1950s | 839 | #699 (1951) | #806 |
| 1960s | 634 | #818 (1967) | #954 |
| 1970s | 482 | #1,043 (1970) | #1,255 |
| 1980s | 1,164 | #695 (1987) | #888 |
| 1990s | 2,302 | #633 (1994) | #693 |
| 2000s | 2,198 | #776 (2000) | #847 |
| 2010s | 2,621 | #684 (2019) | #855 |
| 2020s | 2,326 | #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 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 115,728 of them was named Houston, which outranked 57.2% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,251Zurmani15
- #7,251Zuzu15
- #7,251Zyalani15
- #7,594Houston14
- #7,594Aadhini14
- #7,594Aanika14
- #7,594Aaralynn14
- #7,967Aadhyareddy13
- #7,967Aarza13
- #7,967Abriana13
Tied with 372 names at #7,594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 4,522 of them was named Houston, which outranked 95.1% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).