Spero

Boy · recorded 1915–1971

  • 1971last recorded
  • 1932best year

Most popular in 1932.

Last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Spero.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1915

071319151929194319571971

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 40 recorded years as a table
Spero, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19156
19166
191710
19188
191911
19208
19215
19229
192312
192411
19256
19269
19274
19288
19308
193110
193213
193311
19405
19424
19465
19474
19507
19515
19525
19533
19555
19573
19583
19593
19613
19622
19633
19644
19653
19664
19683
19693
19703
19713

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Spero isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1971
6
Rank in 1971
#4,375
How rare
1 in 294,741 boys
Since 1915
316

Spero was last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1932, at 13 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Spero doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.