Spyridon

Boys' name

Basket or spirit

Spyridon has been given to 113 babies in the U.S. since 1981. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1996, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Spyridon, 2024

1 in 669,000

Spyridon over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Spyridon: meaning, origin, and history

Basket or spirit

Greek

What Spyridon means

Spyridon means “basket or spirit”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Spyridon is used in Greek and Late Greek.

Another recorded pronunciation is /spi.ˈɾi.ðon/ for Spyridon.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Romanization of Greek Σπυρίδων (Spyrídon, a male given name).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Spyridon (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Spyridon is used in English. Its origins include Greek.

Spyridon comes through Greek Σπυρίδων.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Σπυρίδων.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 113 boys were recorded with the name Spyridon between 1981 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1996; its best national rank was #7,137 in 1981.

How common is Spyridon?

Spyridon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Spyridon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Spyridon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Spyridons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Spyridon was born before 2005 — so the typical Spyridon is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 28.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 66.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 113; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 28.3% of all recorded uses (32).

Is Spyridon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1996 (7)
Years since peak: 29; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 5.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,137; 1981

Spyridon around the world

Where Spyridon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2019–2022
#4,790
in 2022
Canada
2004–2004
#2,269
in 2004
South Australia
1958–2007
#680
in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Spyridon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,137; 1981
Peak year: 1996; 7 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 113
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Spyridon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kashdon Poseidon Caledon Spyros Greydon Zaidon Quindon Dreydon Braxdon Trindon Branndon Rigdon Draydon Hendon Creedon Jourdon Glyndon Shaydon Treydon Blandon Brondon Corydon Raydon Herndon

Sibling names for Spyridon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iman Breann Cinthia Katia Kaela Tristan Lexus Estefania

For a brother

Austyn Claudio Dontae Deion Hernan Dangelo Tristin Rashawn

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