Spenser
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #11,231 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 88.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 333 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,991since 1968
Spenser over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,720 | 15 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,444 | 31 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #3,389 | 29 |
| 2004 | — | #2,643 | 40 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #2,153 | 51 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #1,792 | 64 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,710 | 67 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #1,466 | 84 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,408 | 83 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | #1,280 | 94 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #1,134 | 110 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #945 | 137 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | #823 | 170 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | #981 | 127 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | #1,071 | 108 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 | #831 | 161 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 | #758 | 182 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 | #686 | 218 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | #612 | 261 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | #501 | 333 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #578 | 248 |
| 1986 | — | #947 | 93 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
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| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Spenser! It came in at #3,673, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Spenser is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#322 · 1 in 3,705
- Colorado#324 · 1 in 2,715
- Connecticut#351 · 1 in 3,761
- Oregon#365 · 1 in 3,370
- Kentucky#391 · 1 in 4,961
Best ever in a state: #170 in South Dakota, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #322 | 5 | 1 in 3,705 |
| Colorado | #324 | 9 | 1 in 2,715 |
| Connecticut | #351 | 6 | 1 in 3,761 |
| Oregon | #365 | 6 | 1 in 3,370 |
| Kentucky | #391 | 5 | 1 in 4,961 |
| Minnesota | #424 | 5 | 1 in 6,345 |
| Washington | #430 | 8 | 1 in 4,478 |
| North Carolina | #433 | 11 | 1 in 4,320 |
| Tennessee | #489 | 6 | 1 in 5,938 |
| Wisconsin | #490 | 5 | 1 in 6,658 |
| Indiana | #501 | 6 | 1 in 6,754 |
| Missouri | #501 | 6 | 1 in 6,327 |
| Virginia | #536 | 7 | 1 in 6,194 |
| Louisiana | #570 | 6 | 1 in 5,208 |
| Pennsylvania | #610 | 8 | 1 in 10,285 |
| Florida | #623 | 12 | 1 in 7,642 |
| Michigan | #633 | 8 | 1 in 8,877 |
| Ohio | #710 | 6 | 1 in 13,301 |
| Illinois | #733 | 9 | 1 in 9,913 |
| California | #778 | 24 | 1 in 12,095 |
| Texas | #812 | 13 | 1 in 11,787 |
| New York | #1,423 | 5 | 1 in 27,769 |
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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 Spenser
- 1,708 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #10,695)
- 4,075 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #10,695)
- 4,371 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 1,279 spots in 1986 (#2,226 → #947)
- Biggest drop: 240 spots in 1993 (#831 → #1,071)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1988 at #501 (333 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1986–1992
- Highest: 1 in 5,749 boys born in 1988 were named Spenser (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 46.5% of all boys named Spenser (1,390) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,673 (1968) | #3,673 |
| 1970s | 38 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,780 |
| 1980s | 974 | #501 (1988) | #2,147 |
| 1990s | 1,390 | #686 (1990) | #992 |
| 2000s | 427 | #1,466 (2000) | #3,046 |
| 2010s | 106 | #5,433 (2011) | #7,366 |
| 2020s | 50 | #6,620 (2020) | #9,003 |
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.
Spenser in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 59,330 of them was named Spenser, which outranked 77.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,297Zakia33
- #3,297Zoey33
- #3,297Zuleika33
- #3,364Spenser32
- #3,364Adriene32
- #3,364Alexanderia32
- #3,364Alica32
- #3,436Amparo31
- #3,436Antonella31
- #3,436Anyssa31
Tied with 71 names at #3,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 9,422 of them was named Spenser, which outranked 92.8% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).