Houston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HYOO-stun
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #675 for boys
Houston is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “Hugh's town”. In 2025 it ranked 675th for boys in the US (402 babies).
What does Houston mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname from a place in Renfrewshire
“Hugh's town”
From a Scottish place name meaning Hugh's town; the Texas city was named after General Sam Houston.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Houston a girl's or a boy's name?
Houston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 402 boys in the US.
How popular is Houston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 402about 1 in 4,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 402 boys in the US were named Houston, making it the 675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 440 boys. 11 girls were also named Houston in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Houston in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 412 boys in the US were given Houston or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #636, up from #675 for this spelling alone.
- Houston 402
- Huston 10
Houston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 402 | #675 |
| 2024 | 381 | #704 |
| 2023 | 387 | #689 |
| 2022 | 380 | #696 |
| 2021 | 440 | #625 |
| 2020 | 336 | #730 |
| 2019 | 374 | #684 |
| 2018 | 314 | #751 |
| 2017 | 284 | #804 |
| 2016 | 287 | #803 |
| 2015 | 264 | #850 |
| 2014 | 227 | #932 |
| 2013 | 206 | #972 |
| 2012 | 217 | #936 |
| 2011 | 210 | #943 |
| 2010 | 238 | #878 |
| 2009 | 219 | #938 |
| 2008 | 243 | #872 |
| 2007 | 256 | #834 |
| 2006 | 243 | #834 |
| 2005 | 218 | #844 |
| 2004 | 215 | #826 |
| 2003 | 209 | #832 |
| 2002 | 186 | #881 |
| 2001 | 195 | #832 |
| 2000 | 214 | #774 |
| 1999 | 209 | #761 |
| 1998 | 226 | #727 |
| 1997 | 251 | #653 |
| 1996 | 267 | #635 |
| 1995 | 264 | #639 |
| 1994 | 270 | #632 |
| 1993 | 211 | #711 |
| 1992 | 190 | #746 |
| 1991 | 218 | #681 |
| 1990 | 196 | #726 |
| 1989 | 185 | #724 |
| 1988 | 172 | #713 |
| 1987 | 171 | #695 |
| 1986 | 133 | #785 |
| 1985 | 94 | #939 |
| 1984 | 107 | #848 |
| 1983 | 88 | #942 |
| 1982 | 82 | #995 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,101 |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,133 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,221 |
| 1978 | 55 | #1,203 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,286 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,238 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,439 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,057 |
| 1970 | 61 | #1,043 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,027 |
| 1968 | 73 | #851 |
| 1967 | 77 | #818 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,027 |
| 1965 | 73 | #859 |
| 1964 | 75 | #881 |
| 1963 | 70 | #890 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,055 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,027 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,067 |
| 1958 | 73 | #882 |
| 1957 | 70 | #907 |
| 1956 | 86 | #803 |
| 1955 | 82 | #806 |
| 1954 | 90 | #750 |
| 1953 | 102 | #700 |
| 1952 | 96 | #716 |
| 1951 | 99 | #698 |
| 1950 | 89 | #725 |
| 1949 | 100 | #682 |
| 1948 | 96 | #682 |
| 1947 | 121 | #618 |
| 1946 | 105 | #626 |
| 1945 | 97 | #612 |
| 1944 | 111 | #581 |
| 1943 | 108 | #607 |
| 1942 | 117 | #571 |
| 1941 | 112 | #568 |
| 1940 | 126 | #517 |
| 1939 | 88 | #621 |
| 1938 | 121 | #529 |
| 1937 | 95 | #593 |
| 1936 | 100 | #577 |
| 1935 | 95 | #593 |
| 1934 | 110 | #563 |
| 1933 | 105 | #557 |
| 1932 | 134 | #496 |
| 1931 | 123 | #522 |
| 1930 | 126 | #532 |
| 1929 | 139 | #497 |
| 1928 | 150 | #493 |
| 1927 | 153 | #491 |
| 1926 | 156 | #481 |
| 1925 | 154 | #490 |
| 1924 | 172 | #470 |
| 1923 | 147 | #502 |
| 1922 | 164 | #480 |
| 1921 | 170 | #469 |
| 1920 | 174 | #459 |
| 1919 | 171 | #448 |
| 1918 | 167 | #460 |
| 1917 | 154 | #454 |
| 1916 | 158 | #443 |
| 1915 | 145 | #456 |
| 1914 | 106 | #469 |
| 1913 | 83 | #475 |
| 1912 | 58 | #515 |
| 1911 | 34 | #506 |
| 1910 | 41 | #421 |
| 1909 | 34 | #428 |
| 1908 | 39 | #365 |
| 1907 | 32 | #396 |
| 1906 | 24 | #456 |
| 1905 | 28 | #404 |
| 1904 | 27 | #401 |
| 1903 | 27 | #370 |
| 1902 | 30 | #360 |
| 1901 | 31 | #318 |
| 1900 | 33 | #385 |
| 1899 | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | 18 | #485 |
| 1897 | 20 | #422 |
| 1896 | 29 | #357 |
| 1895 | 22 | #414 |
| 1894 | 18 | #464 |
| 1893 | 17 | #448 |
| 1892 | 14 | #547 |
| 1891 | 20 | #386 |
| 1890 | 13 | #533 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 23 | #387 |
| 1887 | 16 | #420 |
| 1886 | 24 | #348 |
| 1885 | 13 | #521 |
| 1884 | 15 | #488 |
| 1883 | 16 | #448 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | 11 | #533 |
| 1880 | 16 | #442 |
Names like Houston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harrison Lawson Wilson Emerson Simon Alden Anderson Solomon Jackson Hudson Fletcher Miller
Other spellings of Houston
Names related to Houston
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Houston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/houston, updated 20 October 2026.