Sparky — boys' name
11 babies named Sparky in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Sparky was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Sparky in 1946 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sparky
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Sparky between 1946 and 1959, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sparky currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sparky performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sparky shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sparky 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 11 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.
Sparky at a glance
Last recorded 1959Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sparky popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1946
- Peak year (1946)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1959.
11 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1946 with 6 births in a single year.
Sparky by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Sparky's all-time total
Sparky decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Sparky's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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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, 1946–1959 (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.