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“Hugh's town” — Scottish, via Middle English origin
Boy's name · #675 in the US (2025) · Heirloom
Houston is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1901, when it ranked #319. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 18,000 boys since 1880, ranked #675 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. It is also an American family name — about 57,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.
Around the world: about 1 in 14,000 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 75 notable people named Houston:
Sports figures appear 2.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. Houston Alexander, American martial artist.
Similar names: Davis · Coleman · Keaton · Ellison · Irving · Vaughn
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