Spiro — #12410 US boys' name
1,011 babies named Spiro in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
18% of everyone ever named Spiro was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Spiro in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Spiro
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,011 babies named Spiro between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Spiro currently holds the #12410 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Spiro performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Spiro shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Spiro in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Spiro 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 1,011 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.
Spiro at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Spiro popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (1970)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #12410 among boys.
1,011 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 26 births in a single year.
Spiro by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 182 births that decade — 18% of Spiro's all-time total
Spiro decade highlights
- Peak decade 182 births
- Runner-up 152 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Spiro's strongest decade
182 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Spiro by state
Where Spiro concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
Top 5 states
- New York 6.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.3% 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, 1913–2024 (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.