Huston

Where Huston comes from

Huston hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1908
    Peak, #613
    18 babies named Huston — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1909
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,155.
  4. 1919
    Huston Smith born
    religious studies scholar
  5. 1983
    Huston Street born
    American baseball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Huston Smith · religious studies scholar, 1919–2016
  • Huston Street · American baseball player, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.