Spence
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,114since 1902
Spence over time
Rank among boys' names. Spence has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #4,326 | 20 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #1,819 | 24 |
| 1971 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #1,207 | 47 |
| 1969 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
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| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Spence! It came in at #1,137, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Spence
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1902 at #1,137 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,532 boys born in 1902 were named Spence (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Spence (187) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,137 |
| 1910s | 43 | #2,152 (1916) | #2,918 |
| 1920s | 43 | #2,967 (1920) | #3,422 |
| 1930s | 47 | #2,197 (1937) | #3,161 |
| 1940s | 81 | #2,083 (1941) | #2,615 |
| 1950s | 97 | #2,093 (1958) | #2,525 |
| 1960s | 134 | #1,231 (1969) | #2,615 |
| 1970s | 187 | #1,207 (1970) | #2,660 |
| 1980s | 137 | #2,680 (1981) | #3,431 |
| 1990s | 118 | #2,952 (1990) | #5,232 |
| 2000s | 125 | #4,188 (2002) | #5,812 |
| 2010s | 64 | #7,502 (2011) | #8,964 |
| 2020s | 33 | #8,300 (2022) | #10,478 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Spence in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
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1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 43,614 of them was named Spence, which outranked 75.6% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,221Laron42
- #1,221Marcell42
- #1,221Micky42
- #1,231Spence41
- #1,231Abram41
- #1,231Bronson41
- #1,231Bud41
- #1,252Burl40
- #1,252Chaim40
- #1,252Charlton40
Tied with 20 names at #1,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.