Boys' name · since 1880
Huston
Huston has 2,714 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,713 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,687 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,714
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Huston currently ranks #7687 among boys' names in America, with 2,714 babies recorded since 1880.
Huston has 2,714 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7687 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,713 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,687 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,714 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Huston ranks #2,713 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,687 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,714 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #2,713 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,687 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,714
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Huston's 2,714 recorded births place it above 94.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Alabama.
How Huston compares
2,714 Top 19% higher than 81% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Huston's all-time total is 7x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Huston | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,714 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 60 | 34 | 22,252 |
Huston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Huston's full recorded timeline at 1955, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1889, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 60 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Huston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1922)
- 60
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Huston by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (475 births, 18% of the file).
1920s was Huston's strongest decade.
475 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Huston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 36
1880s
36 births
- 1890s 49
1890s
49 births
- 1900s 101
1900s
101 births
- 1910s
1910s
328 births
- 1920s
1920s
475 births
- 1930s
1930s
378 births
- 1940s
1940s
279 births
- 1950s 174
1950s
174 births
- 1960s 105
1960s
105 births
- 1970s 66
1970s
66 births
- 1980s 103
1980s
103 births
- 1990s 179
1990s
179 births
- 2000s
2000s
211 births
- 2010s 151
2010s
151 births
- 2020s 79
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 475 births (18% of all-time use).
How Huston compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Huston's total volume
Huston by state
Where Huston concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 162 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 88 | 3.2% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 67 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 59 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Arkansas | | 32 | 1.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 23 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 23 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Texas | | 22 | 0.8% |
162 of 2,714 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Huston appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Huston's data
- Huston's decade-level peak was the 1920s (475 total births); usage has since declined to 79 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Alabama records the most Hustons (162 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Alabama names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Huston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Huston draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.