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Houston

Pronounced /ˈhjustən/

Rank in 2024
#702
Born in 2024
381
Peak year
2021 · #628
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Rising
00.10.20.318801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 381 boys were named Houston, about 1 in every 4,502.
  • It peaked in 2021 with 439 babies, ranked #628.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 17,699 boys have been named Houston since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Houston per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,679 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Silent: 2,057 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,565 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 876 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,716 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,549 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,877 babies, 0.18 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh +‎ -s- +‎ -ton

  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈhjustən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Heston

    Rank
    #2,890
    Born '24
    44
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20162024
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    Auston

    Rank
    #4,047
    Born '24
    27
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19952024
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    Huston

    Rank
    #7,070
    Born '24
    12
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19222024