Houston
2 countries#675 in United States, 2025US
#675
in United States, 2025
FR
26
total births, France
Total births recorded
18,566
Peak year (United States)
2021
Peak-year count
469
First recorded
1880
Popularity across 2 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Houston was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesFrance
Country by country
United States
18,540 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #675 · peaked in 2021 with 469 births
Most common in: Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
France
26 births recorded 1989–2015 · peaked in 1997 with 6 births
Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Houston’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #834 | — |
| 2007 | #834 | — |
| 2008 | #872 | ↓38 |
| 2009 | #938 | ↓66 |
| 2010 | #878 | ↑60 |
| 2011 | #943 | ↓65 |
| 2012 | #936 | ↑7 |
| 2013 | #972 | ↓36 |
| 2014 | #932 | ↑40 |
| 2015 | #850 | ↑82 |
| 2016 | #803 | ↑47 |
| 2017 | #804 | ↓1 |
| 2018 | #751 | ↑53 |
| 2019 | #684 | ↑67 |
| 2020 | #730 | ↓46 |
| 2021 | #625 | ↑105 |
| 2022 | #696 | ↓71 |
| 2023 | #689 | ↑7 |
| 2024 | #704 | ↓15 |
| 2025 | #675 | ↑29 |
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