Houston
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Houston
Looking for a Texas name more distinctive than Austin and Dallas? Houston is a lanky, roguish place-name, right in style with its Texas accent and cowboy image.
Houston for girls#9092 US
As far as Texas place names go, Houston is more unique than Austin and Dallas and more attractive than Marfa.
Pronounced HYOO-stun.
As of October 2026, Houston ranked #675 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #319 in 1901.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #933 | 227 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #851 | 264 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #804 | 287 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #805 | 284 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #757 | 313 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #686 | 373 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #731 | 336 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #627 | 439 | #4,662 | 29 |
| 2022 | #696 | 380 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #689 | 387 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #702 | 381 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #675 | 402 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Houston for boys
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Famous Houstons
- Houston Stewart ChamberlainBoy
British,born German philosopher
- Houston AlexanderBoy
American mixed martial artist
- Houston AntwineBoy
American NFL player
- Houston BranchBoy
American screenwriter
- Houston PersonBoy
American jazz saxophonist
- Houston Irwin (b. 2003)Boy
son of NFL player Heath Irwin
- Houston Theriot (b. 2005)Boy
son of baseball player Ryan Theriot
- Sam HoustonBoy
American founder of Texas
- Marques Barrett HoustonBoy
American R&B/rap singer
- Whitney HoustonBoy
American singer
Houston in pop culture
- HoustonBoy
a colloquial term for NASA's Mission Control Center, and first word said from the moon
- HoustonBoy
largest city in Texas and the 4th most populated city in the United States.
Variations & nicknames
- HewsonBoy
- HustonBoy
- HutchesonBoy
- HutchinsonBoy