TotalSpaces is great! One flaw is you can't put the name of the current space in the menu bar. Only the number. Here's a workaround, possible because it has an API!

1. Install the ruby gem sudo gem install totalspaces2
2. Install TextBar
3. Set up a TextBar menu item
   1. ruby -r'totalspaces2' -e 'print TotalSpaces2.name_for_space(TotalSpaces2.current_space)'
   2. no icon
   3. command-click drag it to be to the right of the TotalSpaces menu

Tada!