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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #84, 1998boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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.

Where Spencer is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #79 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 257 boysAKMaine: #72 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 246 boysMEVermont: #83 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 286 boysVTNew Hampshire: #75 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 288 boysNHWashington: #58 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 244 boysWAIdaho: #78 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 278 boysIDMontana: #91 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 293 boysMTNorth Dakota: #112 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 425 boysNDMinnesota: #66 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 248 boysMNIllinois: #174 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 908 boysILWisconsin: #75 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 327 boysWIMichigan: #90 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 420 boysMINew York: #170 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 1,055 boysNYMassachusetts: #114 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 711 boysMARhode Island: #106 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 561 boysRIOregon: #60 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 241 boysORNevada: #89 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 354 boysNVWyoming: #48 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 152 boysWYSouth Dakota: #65 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 218 boysSDIowa: #46 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 169 boysIAIndiana: #92 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 381 boysINOhio: #97 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 449 boysOHPennsylvania: #132 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 731 boysPANew Jersey: #155 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 1,011 boysNJConnecticut: #83 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 394 boysCTCalifornia: #130 for boys · 463 births · 1 in 562 boysCAUtah: #22 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 98 boysUTColorado: #98 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 365 boysCONebraska: #80 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 279 boysNEMissouri: #86 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 333 boysMOKentucky: #95 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 455 boysKYWest Virginia: #139 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 789 boysWVVirginia: #102 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 546 boysVAMaryland: #109 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 579 boysMDDelaware: #156 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 803 boysDEArizona: #122 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 478 boysAZNew Mexico: #216 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 977 boysNMKansas: #104 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 423 boysKSArkansas: #86 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 365 boysARTennessee: #78 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 363 boysTNNorth Carolina: #86 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 400 boysNCSouth Carolina: #108 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 570 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Spencer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #98 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 405 boysOKLouisiana: #115 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 544 boysLAMississippi: #160 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 753 boysMSAlabama: #137 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 726 boysALGeorgia: #92 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 489 boysGAHawaii: #213 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 989 boysHITexas: #175 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 837 boysTXFlorida: #93 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 485 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#22 · 1 in 98
  2. Iowa#46 · 1 in 169
  3. Wyoming#48 · 1 in 152
  4. Washington#58 · 1 in 244
  5. Oregon#60 · 1 in 241

Best ever in a state: #14 in Utah, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#221791 in 98
Iowa#46971 in 169
Wyoming#48131 in 152
Washington#581361 in 244
Oregon#60801 in 241
South Dakota#65191 in 218
Minnesota#661141 in 248
Maine#72241 in 246
New Hampshire#75221 in 288
Wisconsin#75901 in 327
Idaho#78261 in 278
Tennessee#78951 in 363
Alaska#79141 in 257
Nebraska#80361 in 279
Connecticut#83491 in 394
Vermont#8391 in 286
Arkansas#86381 in 365
Missouri#861031 in 333
North Carolina#861121 in 400
Nevada#89281 in 354
Michigan#901441 in 420
Montana#91141 in 293
Georgia#92991 in 489
Indiana#921001 in 381
Florida#931751 in 485
Kentucky#95511 in 455
Ohio#971601 in 449
Colorado#98671 in 365
Oklahoma#98481 in 405
Virginia#102731 in 546
Kansas#104361 in 423
Rhode Island#106101 in 561
South Carolina#108351 in 570
Maryland#109511 in 579
North Dakota#11291 in 425
Massachusetts#114531 in 711
Louisiana#115501 in 544
Arizona#122681 in 478
California#1304631 in 562
Pennsylvania#132971 in 731
Alabama#137341 in 726
West Virginia#139121 in 789
New Jersey#155491 in 1,011
Delaware#15651 in 803
Mississippi#160201 in 753
New York#1701161 in 1,055
Illinois#174911 in 908
Texas#1751831 in 837
Hawaii#21361 in 989
New Mexico#216111 in 977
District of Columbia———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1995

girls
#1,337
123 births · 1 in 14,297 girls
boys
#104
3,618 births · 1 in 526 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #1,337Spencer123

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #104Spencer3,618
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 14,297 of them was named Spencer, which outranked 91.5% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Spencer
  1. #1,330Loretta124
  2. #1,330Moira124
  3. #1,330Reba124
  4. #1,337Spencer123
  5. #1,337Amberly123
  6. #1,337Anyssa123
  7. #1,337Chynna123
  8. #1,346Breona122
  9. #1,346Camila122
  10. #1,346Chanelle122

Tied with 8 names at #1,337; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 526 of them was named Spencer, which outranked 99.0% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Spencer
  1. #101Angel3,734
  2. #102Mason3,631
  3. #103Shane3,630
  4. #104Spencer3,618
  5. #105Colton3,588
  6. #106Brett3,567
  7. #107Alejandro3,531
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →