Spenser

Where Spenser comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Spenser.

Spenser through the years
  1. 1853
    Spenser Wilkinson born
    British academic and military historian
  2. 1968
    First appearance
    #3,673 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1986
    Spenser Mango born
    Olympic wrestler
  4. 1988
    Peak, #501
    333 babies named Spenser, the most in any year.
  5. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #831.
  6. 2023
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Spenser Mango · Olympic wrestler, born 1986
  • Spenser Wilkinson · British academic and military historian, 1853–1937

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.