Houston — #701 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Houston

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,699 babies named Houston between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Houston currently holds the #701 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 439 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Houston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,619 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Houston shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,783 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Houston in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Houston in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 17,699 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.