Meaning not yet researched.
Houston: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 402 in 2025. Its best rank was #319 in 1901.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #319 in 1901; #675 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Houston in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#675 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1901, at #319.
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Houston: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 402 boys in 2025. Peak: #319 in 1901 · most boys in one year: 440 (2021).
In 2025, 402 US boys were named Houston, making it the 675th most common boys’ name of the year, up 31 places from #706 in 2024. That is 21 more than the 381 boys named Houston in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #319, reached in 1901. The most boys given the name in a single year was 440, in 2021. For comparison, it was #852 in 2015 and #728 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Houston in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 16 babies with the name. In all, 18,540 US babies have been given the name, 2.4% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,723 babies named Houston.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,585 US boys were named Houston; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 440. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,249 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Houston ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #242 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Huston, Hueston and Houstyn are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Huston (2,714), Hueston (55), Houstyn (42), Housten (11), Hoston (5), Houstin (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Houston in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 28 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 23 | #242 | #350 |
| Mississippi | 13 | #245 | #346 |
| Kentucky | 22 | #246 | #329 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #274 | — |
| Arkansas | 13 | #278 | — |
| Tennessee | 28 | #315 | #302 |
| Oklahoma | 15 | #316 | — |
| Ohio | 27 | #400 | #872 |
| North Carolina | 26 | #420 | #791 |
| Missouri | 15 | #425 | #627 |
| Utah | 10 | #449 | — |
| South Carolina | 11 | #451 | #616 |
| Kansas | 7 | #488 | — |
| Georgia | 20 | #526 | #603 |
| Virginia | 12 | #602 | #830 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #618 | #660 |
| Indiana | 8 | #733 | #689 |
| Michigan | 10 | #739 | #1,036 |
| Florida | 18 | #821 | #1,137 |
| Texas | 32 | #833 | #780 |
| Washington | 6 | #941 | #1,010 |
| Illinois | 8 | #970 | #1,118 |
| California | 14 | #1,325 | #1,570 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #9,092 | 402 | #675 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,740 | 381 | #706 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,399 | 387 | #689 |
| 2022 | 20 | #6,065 | 380 | #696 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,665 | 440 | #625 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,166 | 336 | #731 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,834 | 374 | #686 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,526 | 314 | #753 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,561 | 284 | #805 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,381 | 287 | #804 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,162 | 264 | #852 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,437 | 227 | #933 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,425 | 206 | #972 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,693 | 217 | #939 |
| 2011 | — | — | 210 | #945 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,014 | 238 | #880 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,238 | 219 | #939 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,396 | 243 | #872 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,218 | 256 | #835 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,841 | 243 | #836 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,404 | 218 | #845 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,030 | 215 | #828 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,528 | 209 | #835 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,067 | 186 | #882 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,642 | 195 | #835 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,198 | 214 | #777 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,049 | 209 | #764 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,843 | 226 | #727 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,576 | 251 | #655 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,777 | 267 | #635 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,384 | 264 | #640 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,814 | 270 | #633 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,348 | 211 | #713 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,797 | 190 | #751 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,736 | 218 | #685 |
| 1990 | 12 | #7,032 | 196 | #729 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,289 | 185 | #727 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,618 | 172 | #715 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,132 | 171 | #696 |
| 1986 | — | — | 133 | #786 |
| 1985 | — | — | 94 | #941 |
| 1984 | — | — | 107 | #851 |
| 1983 | — | — | 88 | #943 |
| 1982 | — | — | 82 | #998 |
| 1981 | — | — | 68 | #1,104 |
| 1980 | — | — | 64 | #1,140 |
| 1979 | — | — | 56 | #1,232 |
| 1978 | — | — | 55 | #1,209 |
| 1977 | — | — | 40 | #1,461 |
| 1976 | — | — | 47 | #1,295 |
| 1975 | — | — | 47 | #1,245 |
| 1974 | — | — | 36 | #1,454 |
| 1973 | — | — | 39 | #1,334 |
| 1972 | — | — | 42 | #1,298 |
| 1971 | — | — | 59 | #1,062 |
| 1970 | — | — | 61 | #1,046 |
| 1969 | — | — | 56 | #1,032 |
| 1968 | — | — | 73 | #855 |
| 1967 | — | — | 77 | #819 |
| 1966 | — | — | 50 | #1,038 |
| 1965 | — | — | 73 | #862 |
| 1964 | — | — | 75 | #886 |
| 1963 | — | — | 70 | #894 |
| 1962 | — | — | 52 | #1,061 |
| 1961 | — | — | 58 | #1,030 |
| 1960 | — | — | 50 | #1,105 |
| 1959 | — | — | 52 | #1,074 |
| 1958 | — | — | 73 | #887 |
| 1957 | — | — | 70 | #911 |
| 1956 | — | — | 86 | #805 |
| 1955 | — | — | 82 | #809 |
| 1954 | — | — | 90 | #752 |
| 1953 | — | — | 102 | #702 |
| 1952 | — | — | 96 | #717 |
| 1951 | — | — | 99 | #700 |
| 1950 | — | — | 89 | #728 |
| 1949 | — | — | 100 | #685 |
| 1948 | — | — | 96 | #685 |
| 1947 | — | — | 121 | #621 |
| 1946 | — | — | 105 | #627 |
| 1945 | — | — | 97 | #614 |
| 1944 | — | — | 111 | #582 |
| 1943 | — | — | 108 | #609 |
| 1942 | — | — | 117 | #573 |
| 1941 | — | — | 112 | #568 |
| 1940 | — | — | 126 | #519 |
| 1939 | — | — | 88 | #623 |
| 1938 | — | — | 121 | #531 |
| 1937 | — | — | 95 | #595 |
| 1936 | — | — | 100 | #578 |
| 1935 | — | — | 95 | #594 |
| 1934 | — | — | 110 | #565 |
| 1933 | — | — | 105 | #559 |
| 1932 | — | — | 134 | #496 |
| 1931 | — | — | 123 | #522 |
| 1930 | — | — | 126 | #533 |
| 1929 | — | — | 139 | #497 |
| 1928 | — | — | 150 | #493 |
| 1927 | — | — | 153 | #492 |
| 1926 | — | — | 156 | #481 |
| 1925 | — | — | 154 | #491 |
| 1924 | — | — | 172 | #471 |
| 1923 | — | — | 147 | #504 |
| 1922 | — | — | 164 | #481 |
| 1921 | — | — | 170 | #470 |
| 1920 | — | — | 174 | #461 |
| 1919 | — | — | 171 | #449 |
| 1918 | — | — | 167 | #460 |
| 1917 | — | — | 154 | #457 |
| 1916 | — | — | 158 | #444 |
| 1915 | — | — | 145 | #457 |
| 1914 | — | — | 106 | #471 |
| 1913 | — | — | 83 | #479 |
| 1912 | — | — | 58 | #518 |
| 1911 | — | — | 34 | #509 |
| 1910 | — | — | 41 | #427 |
| 1909 | — | — | 34 | #428 |
| 1908 | — | — | 39 | #368 |
| 1907 | — | — | 32 | #399 |
| 1906 | — | — | 24 | #459 |
| 1905 | — | — | 28 | #405 |
| 1904 | — | — | 27 | #404 |
| 1903 | — | — | 27 | #378 |
| 1902 | — | — | 30 | #362 |
| 1901 | — | — | 31 | #319 |
| 1900 | — | — | 33 | #389 |
| 1899 | — | — | 14 | #528 |
| 1898 | — | — | 18 | #496 |
| 1897 | — | — | 20 | #428 |
| 1896 | — | — | 29 | #361 |
| 1895 | — | — | 22 | #422 |
| 1894 | — | — | 18 | #472 |
| 1893 | — | — | 17 | #456 |
| 1892 | — | — | 14 | #561 |
| 1891 | — | — | 20 | #391 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #548 |
| 1889 | — | — | 11 | #603 |
| 1888 | — | — | 23 | #390 |
| 1887 | — | — | 16 | #432 |
| 1886 | — | — | 24 | #351 |
| 1885 | — | — | 13 | #533 |
| 1884 | — | — | 15 | #497 |
| 1883 | — | — | 16 | #454 |
| 1882 | — | — | 17 | #443 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #545 |
| 1880 | — | — | 16 | #451 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).