How Many People Are Named Spike?
people named Spike are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,224,385 people in the US has this name
Based on 128 babies named Spike in Social Security records from 1942 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
10 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a nickname which may have originally been given to a person with spiky hair.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Spike in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Spike alive today is about 41 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Spike first appears in the records in 1942 and was given most often in 1958, to 10 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1942 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Spike has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,793, in 1958.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,793 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,941 in the 1950s |
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