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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #81 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 307 boysAKMaine: #76 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 316 boysMEVermont: #84 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 377 boysVTNew Hampshire: #59 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 200 boysNHWashington: #51 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 199 boysWAIdaho: #80 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 287 boysIDMontana: #70 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 232 boysMTNorth Dakota: #71 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 231 boysNDMinnesota: #82 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 344 boysMNIllinois: #142 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 770 boysILWisconsin: #87 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 393 boysWIMichigan: #90 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 464 boysMINew York: #156 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 978 boysNYMassachusetts: #105 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 705 boysMARhode Island: #111 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 640 boysRIOregon: #70 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 270 boysORNevada: #64 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 266 boysNVWyoming: #72 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 229 boysWYSouth Dakota: #58 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 187 boysSDIowa: #49 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 176 boysIAIndiana: #88 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 421 boysINOhio: #91 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 493 boysOHPennsylvania: #118 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 771 boysPANew Jersey: #200 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,549 boysNJConnecticut: #83 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 436 boysCTCalifornia: #120 for boys · 534 births · 1 in 532 boysCAUtah: #29 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 118 boysUTColorado: #85 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 380 boysCONebraska: #66 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 235 boysNEMissouri: #85 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 394 boysMOKentucky: #108 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 565 boysKYWest Virginia: #151 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 933 boysWVVirginia: #118 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 751 boysVAMaryland: #113 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 625 boysMDDelaware: #116 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 630 boysDEArizona: #131 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 578 boysAZNew Mexico: #165 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 725 boysNMKansas: #79 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 307 boysKSArkansas: #75 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 311 boysARTennessee: #86 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 391 boysTNNorth Carolina: #92 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 499 boysNCSouth Carolina: #92 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 502 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #211 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 936 boysDCOklahoma: #82 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 333 boysOKLouisiana: #105 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 555 boysLAMississippi: #160 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 780 boysMSAlabama: #157 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 775 boysALGeorgia: #99 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 536 boysGAHawaii: #181 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 856 boysHITexas: #151 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 730 boysTXFlorida: #106 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 591 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#29 · 1 in 118
  2. Iowa#49 · 1 in 176
  3. Washington#51 · 1 in 199
  4. South Dakota#58 · 1 in 187
  5. New Hampshire#59 · 1 in 200

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#291411 in 118
Iowa#491001 in 176
Washington#511821 in 199
South Dakota#58241 in 187
New Hampshire#59341 in 200
Nevada#64341 in 266
Nebraska#66441 in 235
Montana#70191 in 232
Oregon#70721 in 270
North Dakota#71181 in 231
Wyoming#72101 in 229
Arkansas#75461 in 311
Maine#76221 in 316
Kansas#79521 in 307
Idaho#80251 in 287
Alaska#81141 in 307
Minnesota#82881 in 344
Oklahoma#82611 in 333
Connecticut#83481 in 436
Vermont#8481 in 377
Colorado#85651 in 380
Missouri#85921 in 394
Tennessee#86901 in 391
Wisconsin#87811 in 393
Indiana#88931 in 421
Michigan#901421 in 464
Ohio#911561 in 493
North Carolina#92931 in 499
South Carolina#92451 in 502
Georgia#99911 in 536
Louisiana#105551 in 555
Massachusetts#105581 in 705
Florida#1061481 in 591
Kentucky#108431 in 565
Rhode Island#111101 in 640
Maryland#113511 in 625
Delaware#11671 in 630
Pennsylvania#1181011 in 771
Virginia#118561 in 751
California#1205341 in 532
Arizona#131541 in 578
Illinois#1421121 in 770
Texas#1512101 in 730
West Virginia#151111 in 933
New York#1561351 in 978
Alabama#157341 in 775
Mississippi#160211 in 780
New Mexico#165161 in 725
Hawaii#18181 in 856
New Jersey#200341 in 1,549
District of Columbia#21181 in 936

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 1992

girls
#1,294
131 births · 1 in 14,076 girls
boys
#99
3,696 births · 1 in 540 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #1,294Spencer131

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #99Spencer3,696
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 14,076 of them was named Spencer, which outranked 91.7% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Spencer
  1. #1,290Isis132
  2. #1,290Kassidy132
  3. #1,290Kayle132
  4. #1,294Spencer131
  5. #1,294Alivia131
  6. #1,294Bronte131
  7. #1,294Estrella131
  8. #1,301Christopher130
  9. #1,301Kenyatta130
  10. #1,301Keyanna130

Tied with 6 names at #1,294; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 540 of them was named Spencer, which outranked 99.0% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Spencer
  1. #96Adrian3,859
  2. #97Brett3,823
  3. #98Erik3,815
  4. #99Spencer3,696
  5. #100Joel3,667
  6. #101Tanner3,641
  7. #102Keith3,628
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →