Spiro
Spiro is a given name among Greek-speaking populations, Albanians, and the Christians of Lebanon. It also is a surname with a variety of origins.
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Spiro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Spiro is a given name among Greek-speaking populations, Albanians, and the Christians of Lebanon. It also is a surname with a variety of origins.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
The Story of Spiro
American parents first put Spiro on the record books as a baby boy name in 1913, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1970, when 26 Spiros were born — ranking #1,699 that year. Spiro last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Spiro
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Spiro. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Spiro
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About the name Spiro
Spiro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Spiro's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #1,699. Use the chart and map above to compare Spiro's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.