Boys' name · since 1916
Lycurgus
Lycurgus has 7 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,692 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 7
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lycurgus is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 7 have been recorded since 1916.
Lycurgus has 7 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1916.
- #36,692 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 7 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lycurgus ranks #36,692 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 7 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #36,692 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 7
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lycurgus's 7 recorded births place it above 18.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lycurgus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1916
- Peak year (1916)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Lycurgus by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (7 births, 100% of the file).
1910s was Lycurgus's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lycurgus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 7 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lycurgus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1916 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lycurgus draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.