Spurgeon
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,451since 1880
Spurgeon over time
Rank among boys' names. Spurgeon has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #1,696 | 20 |
| 1946 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,368 | 26 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,716 | 18 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,496 | 24 |
| 1929 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,248 | 34 |
| 1926 | #1,515 | 24 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 34 |
| 1924 | #1,204 | 36 |
| 1923 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,367 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1920 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,009 | 45 |
| 1918 | #996 | 45 |
| 1917 | #997 | 43 |
| 1916 | #1,120 | 34 |
| 1915 | #1,054 | 37 |
| 1914 | #986 | 32 |
| 1913 | #930 | 28 |
| 1912 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Spurgeon was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Spurgeon is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#441 · 1 in 5,017
Best ever in a state: #245 in North Carolina, 1918.
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| North Carolina | #441 | 7 | 1 in 5,017 |
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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 Spurgeon
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- 3,269 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1894 (#907 → #730)
- Biggest drop: 310 spots in 1893 (#597 → #907)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #597 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1891–1895
- Highest: 1 in 10,170 boys born in 1892 were named Spurgeon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.0% of all boys named Spurgeon (304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | #700 (1885) | #814 |
| 1890s | 67 | #597 (1892) | #847 |
| 1900s | 46 | #727 (1901) | #974 |
| 1910s | 304 | #928 (1910) | #1,023 |
| 1920s | 303 | #1,178 (1921) | #1,342 |
| 1930s | 176 | #1,361 (1933) | #1,720 |
| 1940s | 168 | #1,368 (1943) | #1,806 |
| 1950s | 135 | #1,725 (1951) | #2,239 |
| 1960s | 76 | #2,423 (1960) | #3,065 |
| 1970s | 63 | #2,686 (1971) | #4,107 |
| 1980s | 16 | #6,089 (1987) | #6,241 |
| 1990s | 12 | #6,816 (1993) | #7,626 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,349 (2000) | #10,349 |
| 2010s | 18 | #8,840 (2017) | #11,047 |
| 2020s | 37 | #7,587 (2021) | #9,797 |
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.
Spurgeon in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 33,145 of them was named Spurgeon, which outranked 74.0% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,227Verlon35
- #1,227Vernell35
- #1,227Winton35
- #1,248Spurgeon34
- #1,248Amado34
- #1,248Augustin34
- #1,248Benard34
- #1,267Allyn33
- #1,267Ansel33
- #1,267Arlan33
Tied with 18 names at #1,248; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.