Spike Popularity by Year
Follow Spike across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Spike birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Boys | 5 | #12,146 | Down 124 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 5 | #12,022 | Down 2,266 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 7 | #9,756 | Up 2,518 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 5 | #12,274 | Up 13 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 5 | #12,287 | Down 1,250 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 6 | #11,037 | Up 1,330 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 5 | #12,367 | Down 1,011 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 5 | #11,356 | Down 4,075 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 7 | #7,281 | Down 330 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 1,850 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 2,119 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 8 | #2,982 | Up 1,083 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 5 | #4,065 | Down 400 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 6 | #3,665 | Down 1,023 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 10 | #2,642 | Up 382 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 8 | #3,024 | Down 55 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 8 | #2,969 | Up 232 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 7 | #3,201 | Up 626 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 5 | #3,827 | Down 511 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 6 | #3,316 | Up 244 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 5 | #3,560 | — |