Huston
Huston was given to 10 boys in 2025, #7,869 among boys’ names; 2,714 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,130 Americans named Huston and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (42% of everyone recorded); the median is 34 years old and half are between 19 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Huston by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Huston?
#7,869 among boys’ names, 2025
Huston fell from #4,210 in 2015 to #7,869 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 12.5 to 5.9 per million.
60 babies in 1922, the peak
Huston peaked in 1922, when 60 boys were given it, #896 among boys’ names. The 10 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,869 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,984 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,923 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,099 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,200 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,717 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,286 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,808 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,847 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,888 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | #4,210 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,339 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,723 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,808 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 18 | #5,061 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,158 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,999 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,306 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,548 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 24 | #4,038 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,406 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,316 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,169 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,039 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,796 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,386 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,744 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,498 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,781 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,890 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,871 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,799 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,096 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,811 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,884 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,505 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,888 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 18 | #3,009 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,112 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,973 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,164 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,188 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,659 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,255 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 7 | #5,150 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,642 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 7 | #5,043 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,612 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,522 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,599 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,840 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,241 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,378 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,761 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,817 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,674 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,870 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,408 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,068 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,468 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,303 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,784 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,759 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,414 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,424 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,048 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,555 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,628 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,647 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,862 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,530 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,572 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,844 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 23 | #1,561 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,911 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,377 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,312 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,425 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,076 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,350 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,342 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,285 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,013 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,293 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,063 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 41 | #982 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,086 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 45 | #948 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,005 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,118 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 53 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,013 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,050 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,069 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 60 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,006 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 49 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 52 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 49 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 49 | #904 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,196 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 33 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 26 | #979 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,390 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 18 | #774 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,156 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,212 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 18 | #620 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 14 | #722 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 15 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 9 | #873 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,016 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 10 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,072 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 7 | #895 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 10 | #681 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,213 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,141 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,172 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 7 | #931 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 6 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,075 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,037 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 9 | #725 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 8 | #725 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 6 | #890 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 8 | #711 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Huston a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Huston has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 136 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Huston: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Huston, and how old are they?
1,130 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 42% of the 2,714 Americans ever recorded as Huston. The median Huston alive today is 34 years old; half are between 19 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 1,086 people named Huston (21 women and girls, 1,065 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,201 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 114 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 204 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 107 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 210 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 320 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 172 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Huston born?
The states with the most babies named Huston are Alabama, Kentucky and Mississippi, with 63% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and Kentucky and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 162 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Kentucky | 88 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Mississippi | 67 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Tennessee | 59 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Arkansas | 32 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 23 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Oklahoma | 23 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 22 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Missouri | 8 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| South Carolina | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Huston is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Huston is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Huston with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,769 babies since 1880, Huston is the most given (98% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Huston
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Huston and names like it
- Compare Huston and HuestonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sHuston peaked in 1922.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Huston since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Huston.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Huston alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with HMost given first.