Spade — #6156 US boys' name
48 babies named Spade in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to boys today.
88% of everyone ever named Spade was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Spade in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Spade
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Spade between 2019 and 2024, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Spade currently holds the #6156 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Spade performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Spade shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Spade in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Spade in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 48 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Spade at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Spade popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2019
- Peak year (2024)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Currently ranks #6156 among boys.
48 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 15 births in a single year.
Spade by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 42 births that decade — 88% of Spade's all-time total
Spade decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Spade's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 88% of all-time use.
Spade by state
Where Spade concentrates geographically — total births since 2019
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 10.4% |
5 of 48 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2019–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.