Huston comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Settlement in the hills".
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How popular is Huston?
1922peak year
Today, Huston is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6896), with only about 14 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1922, 60 babies were given the name (ranked #896 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. Huston's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 2,704 babies have been registered as Huston since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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