Spiro
Boy · SPEER-oh · Greek
Spiro is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “basket”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Spiro mean?
Greek: short form of Spyridon
“basket”
Short form of Spyridon, after Saint Spyridon, the 4th-century Cypriot bishop venerated as patron saint of Corfu.
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Is Spiro a girl's or a boy's name?
Spiro is a boys' name.
How popular is Spiro in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Spiro in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Spiro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
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