Huston

#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births

Peak · boys
1908 · 18 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,714
since 1880

Huston over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Huston has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #613, 1908boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#6,83212
2023#7,73810
2022#5,01919
2021#5,11018
2020#7,50210
2019#10,8036
2018#7,61710
2017#6,68512
2016#5,78915
2015#4,17924
2014#5,25217
2013#7,53710
2012#5,72015
2011#4,98318
2010#4,09924
2009#4,92219
2008#4,26723
2007#4,49321
2006#4,00124
2005#3,38929
2004#4,26420
2003#4,11420
2002#3,02230
2001#5,66712
2000#5,29713
1999#3,70420
1998#6,3149
1997#2,75028
1996#3,83017
1995#2,84725
1994#3,75117
1993#4,02015
1992#3,74816
1991#3,81315
1990#3,46717
1989#3,80914
1988#2,96118
1987#3,07216
1986#3,88211
1985#4,05210
1984#4,9737
1983#4,4998
1982#5,0037
1981#4,9617
1980#6,2505
1979#4,8427
1978
1977
1976#4,4187
1975#3,42810
1974#2,54915
1973#3,6948
1972
1971#3,14610
1970#3,2829
1969#2,68211
1968#2,73510
1967#2,61110
1966#2,7849
1965#2,36612
1964#2,04016
1963#2,41412
1962#4,0335
1961#2,70610
1960#2,68510
1959#3,2907
1958#2,37012
1957#2,01916
1956#2,49711
1955#1,61123
1954#1,62822
1953#1,83618
1952#1,51725
1951#1,55323
1950#1,81517
1949#1,54423
1948#1,88116
1947#1,36329
1946#1,29929
1945#1,40622
1944#1,07038
1943#1,34327
1942#1,33427
1941#1,27627
1940#1,00741
1939#1,01539
1938#1,27527
1937#1,05637
1936#97241
1935#1,07836
1934#94245
1933#99541
1932#1,19832
1931#1,11137
1930#1,05343
1929#92353
1928#1,04144
1927#1,06044
1926#1,01047
1925#1,02245
1924#1,04546
1923#1,05745
1922#89160
1921#1,00249
1920#1,08942
1919#95949
1918#91852
1917#90949
1916#89249
1915#1,18130
1914#96733
1913#96926
1912#1,35313
1911#75918
1910#1,1189
1909#1,1557
1908#61318
1907#69914
1906#61315
1905#8369
1904#9667
1903#73410
1902#1,0136
1901#8587
1900#9688
1899#66110
1898#1,1215
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895#8727
1894
1893#9076
1892#9566
1891
1890#9945
1889#9745
1888#7049
1887
1886
1885
1884#7018
1883
1882#8376
1881
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Huston was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Huston is popular in 1936

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedMSAlabama: #305 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,982 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Huston, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#305 · 1 in 2,982

Best ever in a state: #253 in Tennessee, 1920.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#30591 in 2,982
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Tennessee
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Vermont
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Washington
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Wisconsin
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Huston
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 847 spots since 2024 (#6,832#7,679)
  • 177 spots since 2020 (#7,502#7,679)
  • 3,500 spots since 2015 (#4,179#7,679)
  • Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1899 (#1,121#661)
  • Biggest drop: 594 spots in 1912 (#759#1,353)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1908 at #613 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1903–1908
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,574
  • Highest: 1 in 8,574 boys born in 1908 were named Huston (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.5% of all boys named Huston (475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s36#682 (1880)#780
1890s49#661 (1899)#959
1900s101#613 (1908)#846
1910s328#759 (1911)#1,003
1920s475#891 (1922)#1,014
1930s378#942 (1934)#1,070
1940s279#1,007 (1940)#1,352
1950s174#1,517 (1952)#2,014
1960s105#2,040 (1964)#2,706
1970s66#2,549 (1974)#3,623
1980s103#2,961 (1988)#4,346
1990s179#2,750 (1997)#3,824
2000s211#3,022 (2002)#4,344
2010s151#4,099 (2010)#6,266
2020s79#5,019 (2022)#6,647

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.

Huston in 1936

boys
#972
41 births · 1 in 25,298 boys

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #972Huston41
More about 1936

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 25,298 of them was named Huston, which outranked 75.9% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Huston
  1. #949Todd42
  2. #949Watson42
  3. #949Wyman42
  4. #972Huston41
  5. #972Ardell41
  6. #972Burnell41
  7. #972Clare41
  8. #989Adan40
  9. #989Brendan40
  10. #989Burley40

Tied with 16 names at #972; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 802Errol#1,708#906
  2. 644Sergio#1,584#940
  3. 601Brice#1,494#893
  4. 537Windell#1,390#853
  5. 529Kim#1,390#861
Fallers
  1. 1,082Stafford#980#2,062
  2. 889Darwyn#750#1,639
  3. 461Hunter#956#1,417
  4. 399Orvil#844#1,243
  5. 370Rosendo#956#1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936