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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #109 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 445 boysAKMaine: #62 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 206 boysMEVermont: #59 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 196 boysVTNew Hampshire: #75 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 269 boysNHWashington: #50 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 207 boysWAIdaho: #55 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 203 boysIDMontana: #85 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 271 boysMTNorth Dakota: #71 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 237 boysNDMinnesota: #71 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 271 boysMNIllinois: #158 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 778 boysILWisconsin: #95 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 396 boysWIMichigan: #77 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 326 boysMINew York: #142 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 848 boysNYMassachusetts: #105 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 600 boysMARhode Island: #93 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 426 boysRIOregon: #64 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 252 boysORNevada: #101 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 417 boysNVWyoming: #85 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 252 boysWYSouth Dakota: #54 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 181 boysSDIowa: #62 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 227 boysIAIndiana: #92 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 376 boysINOhio: #97 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 421 boysOHPennsylvania: #132 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 759 boysPANew Jersey: #152 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 1,035 boysNJConnecticut: #64 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 278 boysCTCalifornia: #149 for boys · 408 births · 1 in 621 boysCAUtah: #28 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 124 boysUTColorado: #89 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 340 boysCONebraska: #78 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 272 boysNEMissouri: #98 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 397 boysMOKentucky: #106 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 514 boysKYWest Virginia: #213 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,531 boysWVVirginia: #104 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 507 boysVAMaryland: #114 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 586 boysMDDelaware: #130 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 639 boysDEArizona: #122 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 459 boysAZNew Mexico: #149 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 600 boysNMKansas: #115 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 429 boysKSArkansas: #63 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 255 boysARTennessee: #89 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 382 boysTNNorth Carolina: #95 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 478 boysNCSouth Carolina: #109 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 546 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #228 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 999 boysDCOklahoma: #125 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 530 boysOKLouisiana: #135 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 635 boysLAMississippi: #181 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 891 boysMSAlabama: #107 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 533 boysALGeorgia: #94 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 457 boysGAHawaii: #104 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 407 boysHITexas: #178 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 852 boysTXFlorida: #113 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 562 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#28 · 1 in 124
  2. Washington#50 · 1 in 207
  3. South Dakota#54 · 1 in 181
  4. Idaho#55 · 1 in 203
  5. Vermont#59 · 1 in 196

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#281531 in 124
Washington#501631 in 207
South Dakota#54231 in 181
Idaho#55361 in 203
Vermont#59131 in 196
Iowa#62731 in 227
Maine#62281 in 206
Arkansas#63571 in 255
Connecticut#64691 in 278
Oregon#64781 in 252
Minnesota#711051 in 271
North Dakota#71161 in 237
New Hampshire#75231 in 269
Michigan#771831 in 326
Nebraska#78361 in 272
Montana#85151 in 271
Wyoming#8581 in 252
Colorado#89731 in 340
Tennessee#89901 in 382
Indiana#921001 in 376
Rhode Island#93131 in 426
Georgia#941061 in 457
North Carolina#95961 in 478
Wisconsin#95741 in 396
Ohio#971671 in 421
Missouri#98871 in 397
Nevada#101251 in 417
Hawaii#104141 in 407
Virginia#104771 in 507
Massachusetts#105621 in 600
Kentucky#106451 in 514
Alabama#107471 in 533
Alaska#10981 in 445
South Carolina#109361 in 546
Florida#1131511 in 562
Maryland#114491 in 586
Kansas#115351 in 429
Arizona#122731 in 459
Oklahoma#125361 in 530
Delaware#13061 in 639
Pennsylvania#132901 in 759
Louisiana#135421 in 635
New York#1421401 in 848
California#1494081 in 621
New Mexico#149181 in 600
New Jersey#152471 in 1,035
Illinois#1581041 in 778
Texas#1781831 in 852
Mississippi#181171 in 891
West Virginia#21361 in 1,531
District of Columbia#22851 in 999

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 1996

girls
#1,438
114 births · 1 in 15,377 girls
boys
#109
3,609 births · 1 in 525 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #1,438Spencer114

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #109Spencer3,609
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 15,377 of them was named Spencer, which outranked 91.0% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Spencer
  1. #1,431Porsha115
  2. #1,431Shantell115
  3. #1,431Tamika115
  4. #1,438Spencer114
  5. #1,438Akilah114
  6. #1,438Ariella114
  7. #1,438Britni114
  8. #1,446Alannah113
  9. #1,446Andie113
  10. #1,446Brigid113

Tied with 7 names at #1,438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 525 of them was named Spencer, which outranked 99.0% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Spencer
  1. #106Cole3,737
  2. #107Alejandro3,676
  3. #108Scott3,672
  4. #109Spencer3,609
  5. #110Brett3,577
  6. #111Shawn3,505
  7. #112Shane3,488
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →