Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Spence

#4,500 most common boys' name of all time · #11,047 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1902–2024

Rank among boys
#4,500
Rank overall
#11,047 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
1,114
Since 2016
55
Peak year
1970 #1,215
Best rank
#1,215 1970
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
192019401960198020002020

Spence first appears in 1902. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 5 5 #12,419
2023 — 8 8 #8,958
2022 — 9 9 #8,350
2021 — 6 6 #10,876
2020 — 5 5 #12,103
2019 — 7 7 #9,803
2017 — 6 6 #10,855
2016 — 9 9 #8,181
2015 — 7 7 #9,624
2013 — 9 9 #8,153
2012 — 7 7 #9,760
2011 — 10 10 #7,543
2010 — 9 9 #8,188
2009 — 9 9 #8,340
2007 — 11 11 #7,135
2006 — 13 13 #6,122
2005 — 20 20 #4,334
2004 — 11 11 #6,561
2003 — 11 11 #6,286
2002 — 19 19 #4,199
2001 — 17 17 #4,495
2000 — 14 14 #5,064
1999 — 12 12 #5,344
1998 — 11 11 #5,499
1997 — 14 14 #4,476
1996 — 8 8 #6,544
1995 — 9 9 #5,964
1994 — 12 12 #4,844
1993 — 6 6 #7,712
1992 — 16 16 #3,781
1991 — 9 9 #5,565
1990 — 21 21 #2,970
1989 — 16 16 #3,483
1988 — 19 19 #2,880
1987 — 14 14 #3,373
1986 — 17 17 #2,917
1985 — 8 8 #4,758
1984 — 10 10 #3,973
1983 — 12 12 #3,451
1982 — 10 10 #4,008
1981 — 17 17 #2,707
1980 — 14 14 #3,129
1979 — 14 14 #3,047
1978 — 11 11 #3,440
1977 — 13 13 #3,077
1976 — 10 10 #3,512
1975 — 8 8 #4,001
1974 — 13 13 #2,832
1973 — 17 17 #2,343
1972 — 24 24 #1,843
1971 — 30 30 #1,610
1970 — 47 47 #1,215
1969 — 41 41 #1,243
1968 — 20 20 #1,808
1967 — 8 8 #3,064
1966 — 5 5 #4,064
1965 — 8 8 #3,065
1964 — 8 8 #3,110
1963 — 12 12 #2,464
1962 — 12 12 #2,427
1961 — 10 10 #2,770
1960 — 10 10 #2,745
1959 — 8 8 #3,106
1958 — 15 15 #2,128
1957 — 14 14 #2,226
1956 — 11 11 #2,545
1955 — 9 9 #2,834
1954 — 10 10 #2,653
1953 — 10 10 #2,594
1952 — 12 12 #2,295
1950 — 8 8 #2,865
1949 — 9 9 #2,687
1948 — 11 11 #2,378
1947 — 12 12 #2,297
1946 — 5 5 #3,648
1945 — 7 7 #2,826
1943 — 7 7 #3,033
1942 — 8 8 #2,804
1941 — 12 12 #2,138
1940 — 10 10 #2,403
1937 — 11 11 #2,252
1936 — 6 6 #3,259
1935 — 6 6 #3,350
1934 — 6 6 #3,385
1933 — 5 5 #3,756
1932 — 8 8 #2,929
1931 — 5 5 #3,880
1929 — 6 6 #3,652
1928 — 6 6 #3,799
1924 — 8 8 #3,318
1922 — 7 7 #3,614
1921 — 7 7 #3,603
1920 — 9 9 #3,034
1918 — 9 9 #2,950
1917 — 5 5 #4,096
1916 — 13 13 #2,203
1915 — 11 11 #2,379
1914 — 5 5 #3,362
1902 — 5 5 #1,317