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How popular is “Houston” in the USA?

Number of people named “Houston” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Houston” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Houston” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Houston” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Houston” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Houston” by birth year

This chart shows how “Houston” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 16 0.000079411 16 -100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 -100%
1882 17 0.000076738 17 -100%
1883 16 0.000073751 16 -100%
1884 15 0.000061612 15 -100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 -100%
1886 24 0.000094001 24 -100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 -100%
1888 23 0.000076801 23 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 -100%
1891 20 0.000069766 20 -100%
1892 14 0.000041869 14 -100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 -100%
1894 18 0.000053146 18 -100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 -100%
1896 29 0.000081123 29 -100%
1897 20 0.000057644 20 -100%
1898 18 0.000047188 18 -100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 -100%
1900 33 0.000073291 33 -100%
1901 31 0.000089644 31 -100%
1902 30 0.000077573 30 -100%
1903 27 0.000070829 27 -100%
1904 27 0.000066917 27 -100%
1905 28 0.00006605 28 -100%
1906 24 0.000056016 24 -100%
1907 32 0.00006876 32 -100%
1908 39 0.000079812 39 -100%
1909 34 0.000066507 34 -100%
1910 41 0.000069408 41 -100%
1911 34 0.000052772 34 -100%
1912 58 0.000058701 58 -100%
1913 83 0.000072992 83 -100%
1914 106 0.000074841 106 -100%
1915 145 0.00007913 145 -100%
1916 158 0.000081678 158 -100%
1917 154 0.000076741 154 -100%
1918 167 0.000076919 167 -100%
1919 171 0.000081033 171 -100%
1920 174 0.000076901 174 -100%
1921 170 0.000072821 170 -100%
1922 164 0.000071642 164 -100%
1923 147 0.000063844 147 -100%
1924 172 0.00007222 172 -100%
1925 154 0.000066001 154 -100%
1926 156 0.000067947 156 -100%
1927 153 0.000065967 153 -100%
1928 150 0.000066344 150 -100%
1929 139 0.000063408 139 -100%
1930 126 0.000056673 126 -100%
1931 123 0.000058449 123 -100%
1932 134 0.000063468 134 -100%
1933 105 0.000052515 105 -100%
1934 110 0.000052966 110 -100%
1935 95 0.000045457 95 -100%
1936 100 0.000048133 100 -100%
1937 95 0.000044587 95 -100%
1938 121 0.000054687 121 -100%
1939 88 0.000039938 88 -100%
1940 126 0.000054719 126 -100%
1941 112 0.000045969 112 -100%
1942 117 0.000042829 117 -100%
1943 108 0.000038263 108 -100%
1944 111 0.000041263 111 -100%
1945 97 0.000036564 97 -100%
1946 105 0.000032861 105 -100%
1947 121 0.000033589 121 -100%
1948 96 0.000027806 96 -100%
1949 100 0.000028696 100 -100%
1950 89 0.000025404 89 -100%
1951 99 0.000026875 99 -100%
1952 96 0.000025276 96 -100%
1953 102 0.000026468 102 -100%
1954 90 0.000022609 90 -100%
1955 82 0.000020423 82 -100%
1956 86 0.000020858 86 -100%
1957 70 0.000016658 70 -100%
1958 73 0.000017659 73 -100%
1959 52 0.000012506 52 -100%
1960 50 0.000012037 50 -100%
1961 58 0.000014002 58 -100%
1962 52 0.000012886 52 -100%
1963 70 0.000017685 70 -100%
1964 74 0.000019035 74 -100%
1965 74 0.000020411 74 -100%
1966 50 0.000014386 50 -100%
1967 77 0.000022681 77 -100%
1968 73 0.000021608 73 -100%
1969 56 0.000016114 56 -100%
1970 61 0.000016914 61 -100%
1971 59 0.000017189 59 -100%
1972 42 0.000013363 42 -100%
1973 39 0.000012927 39 -100%
1974 36 0.000011842 36 -100%
1975 47 0.000015566 47 -100%
1976 47 0.00001549 47 -100%
1977 40 0.000012592 40 -100%
1978 55 0.000017329 55 -100%
1979 56 0.000016832 56 -100%
1980 64 0.00001858 64 -100%
1981 68 0.000019657 68 -100%
1982 82 0.000023375 82 -100%
1983 88 0.000025409 88 -100%
1984 107 0.00003067 107 -100%
1985 94 0.000026337 94 -100%
1986 133 0.00003739 133 -100%
1987 178 0.000049367 7 171 -92%
1988 179 0.000048443 7 172 -92%
1989 198 0.000051503 13 185 -87%
1990 208 0.000052625 12 196 -88%
1991 231 0.000059303 13 218 -89%
1992 203 0.000052847 13 190 -87%
1993 217 0.000057555 6 211 -94%
1994 286 0.00007693 16 270 -89%
1995 278 0.000075912 14 264 -90%
1996 278 0.000076223 11 267 -92%
1997 261 0.000071985 10 251 -92%
1998 240 0.000065249 14 226 -88%
1999 219 0.000059287 10 209 -91%
2000 223 0.000058996 9 214 -92%
2001 205 0.000054763 10 195 -90%
2002 197 0.000052698 11 186 -89%
2003 215 0.000056544 6 209 -94%
2004 223 0.000058363 8 215 -93%
2005 228 0.0000593 10 218 -91%
2006 249 0.000062939 6 243 -95%
2007 262 0.000065538 6 256 -95%
2008 250 0.000063602 7 243 -94%
2009 226 0.00005916 7 219 -94%
2010 243 0.000065751 5 238 -96%
2011 210 0.000057412 210 -100%
2012 223 0.000060973 6 217 -95%
2013 214 0.0000587 8 206 -93%
2014 243 0.000065563 16 227 -87%
2015 278 0.000075117 14 264 -90%
2016 297 0.000080955 10 287 -93%
2017 295 0.00008249 11 284 -93%
2018 328 0.000093291 15 313 -91%
2019 390 0.000112362 17 373 -91%
2020 355 0.000106269 19 336 -89%
2021 468 0.000138137 29 439 -88%
2022 400 0.000118234 20 380 -90%
2023 402 0.000121406 15 387 -93%
2024 395 0.000118672 14 381 -93%

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