Boys' name · since 1971
Spartacus
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 41 babies named Spartacus, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,607 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
41 boys have been named Spartacus since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Spartacus has 41 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2018.
- #23,607 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 41 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Spartacus ranks #23,607 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,607 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Spartacus's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Spartacus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Spartacus splits its recorded history at 2013: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Spartacus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2018
- Peak year (2010)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Spartacus by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (36 births, 88% of the file).
2010s was Spartacus's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Spartacus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 36 births (88% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Spartacus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
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, 1971–2018 (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 Spartacus 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.