# Houston name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/houston
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2024

## Summary
Houston ranked #702 officially for boys in 2024. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #701.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #702
- Birth count: 381
- Rate per 10,000: 2.22

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Houston
- Rank: #701
- Birth count: 381
- Rate per 10,000: 2.22
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.01
- Expected per school of 300: 0.03
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 1.1%

## Trend
- Label: stable
- Peak rate year: 1901
- Best rank year: 1901
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 76.3%

## Spelling components
- Houston: 381 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology