Spencer
#1,022 for girls in 2025, 245 births · #360 for boys in 2025, 908 births
Given to boys 95.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 4,619 births
- Debut · boys
- 35 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 6 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 123,931since 1880
Spencer over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,022 | 245 | #360 | 908 |
| 2024 | #1,118 | 217 | #384 | 845 |
| 2023 | #1,036 | 245 | #361 | 903 |
| 2022 | #1,086 | 230 | #338 | 990 |
| 2021 | #1,045 | 241 | #315 | 1,050 |
| 2020 | #1,050 | 238 | #317 | 1,046 |
| 2019 | #1,057 | 242 | #321 | 1,038 |
| 2018 | #1,043 | 247 | #307 | 1,117 |
| 2017 | #978 | 267 | #292 | 1,212 |
| 2016 | #1,064 | 245 | #267 | 1,371 |
| 2015 | #1,091 | 239 | #252 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | #1,198 | 203 | #247 | 1,520 |
| 2013 | #1,309 | 179 | #248 | 1,459 |
| 2012 | #1,523 | 145 | #234 | 1,536 |
| 2011 | #1,968 | 100 | #226 | 1,585 |
| 2010 | #2,976 | 57 | #227 | 1,555 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | #217 | 1,696 |
| 2008 | #3,222 | 52 | #191 | 2,092 |
| 2007 | #3,531 | 46 | #173 | 2,365 |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 | #184 | 2,186 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | #177 | 2,317 |
| 2004 | #2,446 | 69 | #151 | 2,664 |
| 2003 | #2,840 | 54 | #139 | 2,908 |
| 2002 | #1,955 | 90 | #110 | 3,448 |
| 2001 | #2,013 | 84 | #103 | 3,732 |
| 2000 | #1,759 | 99 | #98 | 4,044 |
| 1999 | #1,492 | 115 | #92 | 4,194 |
| 1998 | #1,167 | 161 | #84 | 4,619 |
| 1997 | #1,442 | 115 | #104 | 3,766 |
| 1996 | #1,438 | 114 | #109 | 3,609 |
| 1995 | #1,337 | 123 | #104 | 3,618 |
| 1994 | #1,239 | 139 | #98 | 3,813 |
| 1993 | #1,211 | 143 | #96 | 3,884 |
| 1992 | #1,294 | 131 | #99 | 3,696 |
| 1991 | #1,277 | 131 | #105 | 3,564 |
| 1990 | #1,224 | 137 | #105 | 3,419 |
| 1989 | #1,435 | 103 | #107 | 3,126 |
| 1988 | #1,822 | 68 | #114 | 2,695 |
| 1987 | #2,044 | 54 | #124 | 2,251 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 | #164 | 1,644 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #216 | 1,114 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #238 | 935 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #238 | 943 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #246 | 927 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #260 | 827 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #287 | 721 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #250 | 847 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #269 | 736 |
| 1977 | — | #269 | 731 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #256 | 771 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #276 | 696 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #320 | 564 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #300 | 592 |
| 1972 | — | #299 | 621 | |
| 1971 | — | #309 | 622 | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #291 | 717 |
| 1969 | — | #280 | 708 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #328 | 541 |
| 1967 | — | #390 | 375 | |
| 1966 | — | #391 | 366 | |
| 1965 | — | #356 | 456 | |
| 1964 | — | #385 | 425 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #396 | 410 |
| 1962 | — | #412 | 380 | |
| 1961 | — | #398 | 397 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #420 | 358 |
| 1959 | — | #448 | 319 | |
| 1958 | — | #465 | 284 | |
| 1957 | — | #465 | 275 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #431 | 308 |
| 1955 | — | #405 | 325 | |
| 1954 | — | #420 | 291 | |
| 1953 | — | #404 | 295 | |
| 1952 | — | #366 | 340 | |
| 1951 | — | #344 | 395 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #378 | 322 |
| 1949 | — | #376 | 319 | |
| 1948 | — | #385 | 313 | |
| 1947 | — | #373 | 337 | |
| 1946 | — | #373 | 303 | |
| 1945 | — | #364 | 266 | |
| 1944 | — | #356 | 282 | |
| 1943 | — | #327 | 351 | |
| 1942 | — | #344 | 312 | |
| 1941 | — | #337 | 291 | |
| 1940 | — | #350 | 262 | |
| 1939 | — | #345 | 259 | |
| 1938 | — | #397 | 206 | |
| 1937 | — | #423 | 180 | |
| 1936 | — | #394 | 193 | |
| 1935 | — | #447 | 163 | |
| 1934 | — | #409 | 185 | |
| 1933 | — | #445 | 155 | |
| 1932 | — | #468 | 151 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #478 | 141 |
| 1930 | — | #480 | 153 | |
| 1929 | — | #467 | 157 | |
| 1928 | — | #471 | 168 | |
| 1927 | — | #457 | 180 | |
| 1926 | — | #454 | 176 | |
| 1925 | — | #453 | 177 | |
| 1924 | — | #445 | 188 | |
| 1923 | — | #429 | 199 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #430 | 197 |
| 1921 | — | #437 | 195 | |
| 1920 | — | #391 | 229 | |
| 1919 | — | #472 | 160 | |
| 1918 | — | #408 | 210 | |
| 1917 | — | #396 | 204 | |
| 1916 | — | #434 | 169 | |
| 1915 | — | #440 | 153 | |
| 1914 | — | #433 | 124 | |
| 1913 | — | #378 | 124 | |
| 1912 | — | #377 | 105 | |
| 1911 | — | #323 | 70 | |
| 1910 | — | #337 | 54 | |
| 1909 | — | #330 | 49 | |
| 1908 | — | #274 | 61 | |
| 1907 | — | #331 | 41 | |
| 1906 | — | #400 | 29 | |
| 1905 | — | #322 | 38 | |
| 1904 | — | #288 | 44 | |
| 1903 | — | #360 | 28 | |
| 1902 | — | #348 | 32 | |
| 1901 | — | #325 | 30 | |
| 1900 | — | #319 | 44 | |
| 1899 | — | #276 | 39 | |
| 1898 | — | #288 | 40 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #363 | 28 | |
| 1895 | — | #305 | 35 | |
| 1894 | — | #349 | 27 | |
| 1893 | — | #391 | 21 | |
| 1892 | — | #320 | 33 | |
| 1891 | — | #283 | 33 | |
| 1890 | — | #316 | 30 | |
| 1889 | — | #332 | 28 | |
| 1888 | — | #286 | 38 | |
| 1887 | — | #247 | 41 | |
| 1886 | — | #317 | 29 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #306 | 32 | |
| 1883 | — | #309 | 28 | |
| 1882 | — | #298 | 33 | |
| 1881 | — | #318 | 26 | |
| 1880 | — | #282 | 35 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Spencer was already there! It came in at #282, and was given to 35 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 28 boys a year got the name.
See more about Spencer
- 24 spots since 2024 (#384 → #360)
- 43 spots since 2020 (#317 → #360)
- 108 spots since 2015 (#252 → #360)
- Biggest jump: 104 spots in 1898 (#392 → #288)
- Biggest drop: 78 spots in 1906 (#322 → #400)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1998 at #84 (4,619 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1992–1994
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 414 boys born in 1998 were named Spencer (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,881 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 30.8% of all boys named Spencer (38,182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 313 | #247 (1887) | #306 |
| 1890s | 309 | #276 (1899) | #328 |
| 1900s | 396 | #274 (1908) | #330 |
| 1910s | 1,373 | #323 (1911) | #400 |
| 1920s | 1,866 | #391 (1920) | #443 |
| 1930s | 1,786 | #345 (1939) | #429 |
| 1940s | 3,036 | #327 (1943) | #359 |
| 1950s | 3,154 | #344 (1951) | #413 |
| 1960s | 4,416 | #280 (1969) | #376 |
| 1970s | 6,897 | #250 (1979) | #284 |
| 1980s | 15,183 | #107 (1989) | #199 |
| 1990s | 38,182 | #84 (1998) | #100 |
| 2000s | 27,452 | #98 (2000) | #154 |
| 2010s | 13,826 | #226 (2011) | #262 |
| 2020s | 5,742 | #315 (2021) | #346 |
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.
Spencer in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 334,617 of them was named Spencer, which outranked 22.7% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,837Zane7
- #4,837Zanetta7
- #4,837Zeola7
- #5,325Spencer6
- #5,325Adda6
- #5,325Al6
- #5,325Alacia6
- #5,952Adelene5
- #5,952Adelmira5
- #5,952Adlene5
Tied with 626 names at #5,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 6,868 of them was named Spencer, which outranked 90.3% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).