NameTides

Houston

Houston was the #675 boys' name in the US in 2025 (402 babies), and #1,374 in Canada.

Houston as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Houston as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Houston as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#675 (402)—#1,374 (17)
2024#704 (381)#4,271 (4)#1,764 (11)
2023#689 (387)—#1,234 (17)
2022#696 (380)—#2,052 (8)
2021#625 (440)—#1,277 (16)
2020#730 (336)—#1,595 (11)
2019#684 (374)—#1,530 (12)
2018#751 (314)—#1,471 (12)
2017#804 (284)#3,996 (4)#1,308 (15)
2016#803 (287)—#1,198 (17)
2015#850 (264)—#1,384 (13)
2014#932 (227)—#2,667 (5)
2013#972 (206)—#1,470 (12)
2012#936 (217)—#1,334 (14)
2011#943 (210)—#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1901 at #318.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Houston is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 5,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Houston by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #715MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #395OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: #441UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #419MOKentucky: #245KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #273ARTennessee: #311TNNorth Carolina: #416NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #311OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: #239MSAlabama: #238ALGeorgia: #519GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #828TXFlorida: #809FL
Houston (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HoustonCanadaBoys#1,37417
HoustonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
HoustonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HoustonUSGirls#8,86011
HoustonUSBoys#675402