Spike

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Spike: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Spike: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #599 in 2003, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#599highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#2022
1998	#1263
1999	#1850
2000	#953
2001	#638
2002	#722
2003	#599
2004	#703
2005	#788
2006	#677
2007	#1252
2008	#1085
2009	#868
2010	#918
2011	#1688
2012	#1313
2013	#1339
2014	#1281
2015	#1673
2016	#1704
2017	#3449
2018	#3959
2019	#1745
2020	#4608
2021	#3451
2022	#3048
2023	#3112
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #599 among boys in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Spike by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Spike in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	284	10 of 10	28
2010s	151	10 of 10	15
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Spike appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #599 in England and Wales in 2003.

Spike's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#918	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#868	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#677	40	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#788	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#703	33	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#599	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#722	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#638	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #599, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
40births registered in its largest year, 200625 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ehsan · #599, 29y
Tobey · #599, 24y
Shayaan · #598, 26y
Suleman · #600, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ehsan · #599, 29y
Rizwan · #600, 29y
Shayaan · #598, 26y
Suleman · #600, 29y

Spike was ranked #599 in England and Wales · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Spike and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Spike without appearing here.

Spike moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #953 and #2501.

Moved ahead of Spike

Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1745 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #1548.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1745 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #1935.
Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1745 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2076.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1745 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.

Moved the opposite way to Spike

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Spike went from #1458 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Spike went from #1458 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Spike went from #1458 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Spike went from #1458 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Spike

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Spike went from #1458 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Spike went from #1458 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Spike went from #1458 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Spike went from #1458 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #599 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Spike at a glance

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Popularity journey

Spike by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Spike at a glance

Spike by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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