Meaning not yet researched.
Spencer: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 908 in 2025. Its best rank was #84 in 1998.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #84 in 1998; #360 in 2025. About 79% of babies named Spencer in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#360 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1998, at #84.
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Spencer: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 908 boys in 2025. Peak: #84 in 1998 · most boys in one year: 4,619 (1998).
In 2025, 908 US boys were named Spencer, making it the 360th most common boys’ name of the year, up 24 places from #384 in 2024. That is 63 more than the 845 boys named Spencer in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #84, reached in 1998. That year also had the most boys given the name: 4,619. For comparison, it was #252 in 2015 and #378 in 1950.
In 2025, 245 US girls were named Spencer, making it the 1,025th most common girls’ name of the year, up 94 places from #1,119 in 2024. That is 28 more than the 217 girls named Spencer in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #981, reached in 2017. That year also had the most girls given the name: 267. For comparison, it was #1,091 in 2015 and #6,003 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Spencer in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 35 babies with the name. In all, 129,638 US babies have been given the name, 4.4% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 39,491 babies named Spencer.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,480 US boys were named Spencer; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,371. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,881 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Spencer ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #167 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Spenser (3,363 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Spencer in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 9 | #167 | — |
| Maine | 8 | #170 | #116 |
| West Virginia | 11 | #181 | #241 |
| Missouri | 39 | #188 | #239 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #202 | #186 |
| Michigan | 41 | #251 | #202 |
| Utah | 21 | #253 | #115 |
| Connecticut | 13 | #265 | #202 |
| Tennessee | 34 | #267 | #253 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #268 | #276 |
| South Carolina | 21 | #272 | #322 |
| Alabama | 20 | #285 | #223 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #289 | #283 |
| Colorado | 23 | #290 | #284 |
| Iowa | 14 | #290 | #247 |
| Kentucky | 19 | #294 | #212 |
| Idaho | 9 | #300 | #105 |
| Indiana | 27 | #300 | #210 |
| Minnesota | 20 | #311 | #166 |
| Pennsylvania | 36 | #317 | #224 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | #317 | #189 |
| Ohio | 37 | #319 | #202 |
| New York | 57 | #321 | #248 |
| Louisiana | 16 | #333 | #302 |
| Virginia | 24 | #348 | #273 |
| Illinois | 30 | #360 | #221 |
| North Carolina | 32 | #362 | #264 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #409 | #227 |
| Kansas | 9 | #426 | #263 |
| Washington | 17 | #441 | #199 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #458 | #265 |
| Arizona | 16 | #461 | #296 |
| Florida | 39 | #476 | #269 |
| New Jersey | 16 | #485 | #341 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #501 | #371 |
| Texas | 66 | #512 | #389 |
| Oregon | 7 | #520 | #165 |
| Georgia | 18 | #585 | #376 |
| Nevada | 5 | #589 | #359 |
| Maryland | 8 | #623 | #326 |
| California | 43 | #655 | #365 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 245 | #1,025 | 908 | #360 |
| 2024 | 217 | #1,119 | 845 | #384 |
| 2023 | 245 | #1,036 | 903 | #362 |
| 2022 | 230 | #1,088 | 990 | #338 |
| 2021 | 241 | #1,050 | 1,050 | #315 |
| 2020 | 238 | #1,053 | 1,046 | #317 |
| 2019 | 242 | #1,058 | 1,038 | #321 |
| 2018 | 247 | #1,043 | 1,117 | #307 |
| 2017 | 267 | #981 | 1,212 | #292 |
| 2016 | 245 | #1,067 | 1,371 | #267 |
| 2015 | 239 | #1,091 | 1,433 | #252 |
| 2014 | 203 | #1,204 | 1,520 | #248 |
| 2013 | 179 | #1,316 | 1,459 | #248 |
| 2012 | 145 | #1,529 | 1,536 | #234 |
| 2011 | 100 | #1,981 | 1,585 | #226 |
| 2010 | 57 | #3,007 | 1,555 | #227 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,095 | 1,696 | #217 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,260 | 2,092 | #191 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,592 | 2,365 | #173 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,665 | 2,186 | #184 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,803 | 2,317 | #177 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,478 | 2,664 | #151 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,877 | 2,908 | #139 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,965 | 3,448 | #110 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,031 | 3,732 | #103 |
| 2000 | 99 | #1,774 | 4,044 | #98 |
| 1999 | 115 | #1,500 | 4,194 | #92 |
| 1998 | 161 | #1,172 | 4,619 | #84 |
| 1997 | 115 | #1,448 | 3,766 | #104 |
| 1996 | 114 | #1,445 | 3,609 | #109 |
| 1995 | 123 | #1,345 | 3,618 | #104 |
| 1994 | 139 | #1,246 | 3,813 | #98 |
| 1993 | 143 | #1,220 | 3,884 | #96 |
| 1992 | 131 | #1,300 | 3,696 | #99 |
| 1991 | 131 | #1,283 | 3,564 | #105 |
| 1990 | 137 | #1,227 | 3,419 | #105 |
| 1989 | 103 | #1,443 | 3,126 | #107 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,836 | 2,695 | #114 |
| 1987 | 54 | #2,060 | 2,251 | #124 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,262 | 1,644 | #164 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,827 | 1,114 | #216 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,720 | 935 | #238 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,932 | 943 | #238 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,319 | 927 | #248 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,261 | 827 | #260 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,488 | 721 | #287 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,718 | 847 | #251 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,895 | 736 | #269 |
| 1977 | — | — | 731 | #269 |
| 1976 | 6 | #9,086 | 771 | #256 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,895 | 696 | #276 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,560 | 564 | #321 |
| 1973 | 6 | #8,276 | 592 | #300 |
| 1972 | — | — | 621 | #299 |
| 1971 | — | — | 622 | #309 |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,286 | 717 | #291 |
| 1969 | — | — | 708 | #280 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,164 | 541 | #328 |
| 1967 | — | — | 375 | #391 |
| 1966 | — | — | 366 | #393 |
| 1965 | — | — | 456 | #358 |
| 1964 | — | — | 425 | #385 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,499 | 410 | #397 |
| 1962 | — | — | 380 | #412 |
| 1961 | — | — | 397 | #399 |
| 1960 | 5 | #7,173 | 358 | #422 |
| 1959 | — | — | 319 | #448 |
| 1958 | — | — | 284 | #467 |
| 1957 | — | — | 275 | #465 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,874 | 308 | #432 |
| 1955 | — | — | 325 | #406 |
| 1954 | — | — | 291 | #423 |
| 1953 | — | — | 295 | #406 |
| 1952 | — | — | 340 | #368 |
| 1951 | — | — | 395 | #344 |
| 1950 | 5 | #6,003 | 322 | #378 |
| 1949 | — | — | 319 | #376 |
| 1948 | — | — | 313 | #386 |
| 1947 | — | — | 337 | #373 |
| 1946 | — | — | 303 | #374 |
| 1945 | — | — | 266 | #365 |
| 1944 | — | — | 282 | #356 |
| 1943 | — | — | 351 | #327 |
| 1942 | — | — | 312 | #344 |
| 1941 | — | — | 291 | #338 |
| 1940 | — | — | 262 | #351 |
| 1939 | — | — | 259 | #346 |
| 1938 | — | — | 206 | #397 |
| 1937 | — | — | 180 | #423 |
| 1936 | — | — | 193 | #394 |
| 1935 | — | — | 163 | #447 |
| 1934 | — | — | 185 | #412 |
| 1933 | — | — | 155 | #446 |
| 1932 | — | — | 151 | #469 |
| 1931 | 6 | #4,285 | 141 | #483 |
| 1930 | — | — | 153 | #483 |
| 1929 | — | — | 157 | #469 |
| 1928 | — | — | 168 | #472 |
| 1927 | — | — | 180 | #457 |
| 1926 | — | — | 176 | #454 |
| 1925 | — | — | 177 | #454 |
| 1924 | — | — | 188 | #446 |
| 1923 | — | — | 199 | #431 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,940 | 197 | #430 |
| 1921 | — | — | 195 | #440 |
| 1920 | — | — | 229 | #393 |
| 1919 | — | — | 160 | #473 |
| 1918 | — | — | 210 | #408 |
| 1917 | — | — | 204 | #397 |
| 1916 | — | — | 169 | #434 |
| 1915 | — | — | 153 | #440 |
| 1914 | — | — | 124 | #433 |
| 1913 | — | — | 124 | #379 |
| 1912 | — | — | 105 | #378 |
| 1911 | — | — | 70 | #327 |
| 1910 | — | — | 54 | #344 |
| 1909 | — | — | 49 | #333 |
| 1908 | — | — | 61 | #277 |
| 1907 | — | — | 41 | #339 |
| 1906 | — | — | 29 | #409 |
| 1905 | — | — | 38 | #328 |
| 1904 | — | — | 44 | #293 |
| 1903 | — | — | 28 | #368 |
| 1902 | — | — | 32 | #352 |
| 1901 | — | — | 30 | #333 |
| 1900 | — | — | 44 | #324 |
| 1899 | — | — | 39 | #280 |
| 1898 | — | — | 40 | #297 |
| 1897 | — | — | 23 | #402 |
| 1896 | — | — | 28 | #366 |
| 1895 | — | — | 35 | #307 |
| 1894 | — | — | 27 | #357 |
| 1893 | — | — | 21 | #399 |
| 1892 | — | — | 33 | #328 |
| 1891 | — | — | 33 | #289 |
| 1890 | — | — | 30 | #321 |
| 1889 | — | — | 28 | #336 |
| 1888 | — | — | 38 | #288 |
| 1887 | — | — | 41 | #249 |
| 1886 | — | — | 29 | #318 |
| 1885 | — | — | 23 | #376 |
| 1884 | — | — | 32 | #313 |
| 1883 | — | — | 28 | #316 |
| 1882 | — | — | 33 | #306 |
| 1881 | — | — | 26 | #323 |
| 1880 | — | — | 35 | #282 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).