Spencer

#1,022 for girls in 2025, 245 births · #360 for boys in 2025, 908 births
Given to boys 95.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#84
1998 · 4,619 births
Debut · boys
1880
35 births
In top 100 · boys
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
123,931
since 1880

Spencer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #84, 1998boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,022245#360908
2024#1,118217#384845
2023#1,036245#361903
2022#1,086230#338990
2021#1,045241#3151,050
2020#1,050238#3171,046
2019#1,057242#3211,038
2018#1,043247#3071,117
2017#978267#2921,212
2016#1,064245#2671,371
2015#1,091239#2521,433
2014#1,198203#2471,520
2013#1,309179#2481,459
2012#1,523145#2341,536
2011#1,968100#2261,585
2010#2,97657#2271,555
2009#4,01338#2171,696
2008#3,22252#1912,092
2007#3,53146#1732,365
2006#3,61743#1842,186
2005#3,73039#1772,317
2004#2,44669#1512,664
2003#2,84054#1392,908
2002#1,95590#1103,448
2001#2,01384#1033,732
2000#1,75999#984,044
1999#1,492115#924,194
1998#1,167161#844,619
1997#1,442115#1043,766
1996#1,438114#1093,609
1995#1,337123#1043,618
1994#1,239139#983,813
1993#1,211143#963,884
1992#1,294131#993,696
1991#1,277131#1053,564
1990#1,224137#1053,419
1989#1,435103#1073,126
1988#1,82268#1142,695
1987#2,04454#1242,251
1986#3,20328#1641,644
1985#4,63516#2161,114
1984#6,29110#238935
1983#3,80620#238943
1982#4,16718#246927
1981#5,88511#260827
1980#4,32717#287721
1979#5,42712#250847
1978#4,67914#269736
1977—#269731
1976#8,1566#256771
1975#7,9846#276696
1974#6,9007#320564
1973#7,4356#300592
1972—#299621
1971—#309622
1970#5,8188#291717
1969—#280708
1968#5,6427#328541
1967—#390375
1966—#391366
1965—#356456
1964—#385425
1963#6,5925#396410
1962—#412380
1961—#398397
1960#6,3905#420358
1959—#448319
1958—#465284
1957—#465275
1956#5,3256#431308
1955—#405325
1954—#420291
1953—#404295
1952—#366340
1951—#344395
1950#5,3015#378322
1949—#376319
1948—#385313
1947—#373337
1946—#373303
1945—#364266
1944—#356282
1943—#327351
1942—#344312
1941—#337291
1940—#350262
1939—#345259
1938—#397206
1937—#423180
1936—#394193
1935—#447163
1934—#409185
1933—#445155
1932—#468151
1931#3,8486#478141
1930—#480153
1929—#467157
1928—#471168
1927—#457180
1926—#454176
1925—#453177
1924—#445188
1923—#429199
1922#4,4456#430197
1921—#437195
1920—#391229
1919—#472160
1918—#408210
1917—#396204
1916—#434169
1915—#440153
1914—#433124
1913—#378124
1912—#377105
1911—#32370
1910—#33754
1909—#33049
1908—#27461
1907—#33141
1906—#40029
1905—#32238
1904—#28844
1903—#36028
1902—#34832
1901—#32530
1900—#31944
1899—#27639
1898—#28840
1897—#39223
1896—#36328
1895—#30535
1894—#34927
1893—#39121
1892—#32033
1891—#28333
1890—#31630
1889—#33228
1888—#28638
1887—#24741
1886—#31729
1885—#36423
1884—#30632
1883—#30928
1882—#29833
1881—#31826
1880—#28235
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
118 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1998 at #84 (4,619 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1992–1994
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 414
  • Highest: 1 in 414 boys born in 1998 were named Spencer (0.24%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,881 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 30.8% of all boys named Spencer (38,182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s313#247 (1887)#306
1890s309#276 (1899)#328
1900s396#274 (1908)#330
1910s1,373#323 (1911)#400
1920s1,866#391 (1920)#443
1930s1,786#345 (1939)#429
1940s3,036#327 (1943)#359
1950s3,154#344 (1951)#413
1960s4,416#280 (1969)#376
1970s6,897#250 (1979)#284
1980s15,183#107 (1989)#199
1990s38,182#84 (1998)#100
2000s27,452#98 (2000)#154
2010s13,826#226 (2011)#262
2020s5,742#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 1991

girls
#1,277
131 births · 1 in 14,313 girls
boys
#105
3,564 births · 1 in 567 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #1,277Spencer131

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #105Spencer3,564
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 14,313 of them was named Spencer, which outranked 91.7% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Spencer
  1. #1,270Lexi132
  2. #1,270Myriah132
  3. #1,270Shani132
  4. #1,277Spencer131
  5. #1,277Alondra131
  6. #1,277Bethanie131
  7. #1,277Charlie131
  8. #1,287Brigitte130
  9. #1,287Cassaundra130
  10. #1,287Jayne130

Tied with 9 names at #1,277; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 567 of them was named Spencer, which outranked 98.9% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Spencer
  1. #102Donald3,650
  2. #103Dillon3,634
  3. #104Chad3,585
  4. #105Spencer3,564
  5. #106Wesley3,267
  6. #107Lucas3,240
  7. #108Chase3,225
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →