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.
Where Houston is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#165 · 1 in 942
- Louisiana#178 · 1 in 890
- Tennessee#191 · 1 in 1,418
- Arkansas#201 · 1 in 1,142
- Alabama#217 · 1 in 1,446
Best ever in a state: #136 in Mississippi, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #165 | 17 | 1 in 942 |
| Louisiana | #178 | 17 | 1 in 890 |
| Tennessee | #191 | 14 | 1 in 1,418 |
| Arkansas | #201 | 13 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Alabama | #217 | 14 | 1 in 1,446 |
| Oklahoma | #225 | 12 | 1 in 1,385 |
| Florida | #236 | 5 | 1 in 1,564 |
| Kentucky | #258 | 9 | 1 in 2,211 |
| Virginia | #319 | 6 | 1 in 3,287 |
| South Carolina | #353 | 5 | 1 in 3,379 |
| Texas | #409 | 12 | 1 in 3,302 |
| Georgia | #415 | 6 | 1 in 4,364 |
| Missouri | #420 | 5 | 1 in 4,892 |
| North Carolina | #494 | 5 | 1 in 5,288 |
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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 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 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 6,010 of them was named Houston, which outranked 90.1% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #450Gregory158
- #452Randall157
- #453Orlando156
- #454Houston154
- #454Delmer154
- #454Elias154
- #454Fletcher154
- #460Benedict152
- #460Elliott152
- #460Gustave152
Tied with 5 names at #454; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.