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.

Spencer

#269 most common boys' name of all time · #582 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#269
Rank overall
#582 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
129,638
Since 2016
12,897
Peak year
1998 #84
Best rank
#84 1998
Girls Boys peak 4,780/yr
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Spencer is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 245 908 1,153 #360
2024 217 845 1,062 #384
2023 245 903 1,148 #361
2022 230 990 1,220 #338
2021 241 1,050 1,291 #315
2020 238 1,046 1,284 #317
2019 242 1,038 1,280 #321
2018 247 1,117 1,364 #307
2017 267 1,212 1,479 #292
2016 245 1,371 1,616 #267
2015 239 1,433 1,672 #252
2014 203 1,520 1,723 #247
2013 179 1,459 1,638 #248
2012 145 1,536 1,681 #234
2011 100 1,585 1,685 #226
2010 57 1,555 1,612 #227
2009 38 1,696 1,734 #217
2008 52 2,092 2,144 #192
2007 46 2,365 2,411 #173
2006 43 2,186 2,229 #184
2005 39 2,317 2,356 #177
2004 69 2,664 2,733 #151
2003 54 2,908 2,962 #139
2002 90 3,448 3,538 #110
2001 84 3,732 3,816 #103
2000 99 4,044 4,143 #98
1999 115 4,194 4,309 #92
1998 161 4,619 4,780 #84
1997 115 3,766 3,881 #104
1996 114 3,609 3,723 #109
1995 123 3,618 3,741 #104
1994 139 3,813 3,952 #98
1993 143 3,884 4,027 #96
1992 131 3,696 3,827 #99
1991 131 3,564 3,695 #105
1990 137 3,419 3,556 #105
1989 103 3,126 3,229 #107
1988 68 2,695 2,763 #114
1987 54 2,251 2,305 #124
1986 28 1,644 1,672 #164
1985 16 1,114 1,130 #216
1984 10 935 945 #238
1983 20 943 963 #238
1982 18 927 945 #247
1981 11 827 838 #260
1980 17 721 738 #287
1979 12 847 859 #250
1978 14 736 750 #269
1977 731 731 #269
1976 6 771 777 #256
1975 6 696 702 #276
1974 7 564 571 #321
1973 6 592 598 #300
1972 621 621 #299
1971 622 622 #309
1970 8 717 725 #291
1969 708 708 #280
1968 7 541 548 #328
1967 375 375 #390
1966 366 366 #392
1965 456 456 #357
1964 425 425 #385
1963 5 410 415 #397
1962 380 380 #412
1961 397 397 #399
1960 5 358 363 #421
1959 319 319 #448
1958 284 284 #465
1957 275 275 #465
1956 6 308 314 #432
1955 325 325 #405
1954 291 291 #420
1953 295 295 #404
1952 340 340 #367
1951 395 395 #344
1950 5 322 327 #378
1949 319 319 #376
1948 313 313 #385
1947 337 337 #373
1946 303 303 #373
1945 266 266 #365
1944 282 282 #356
1943 351 351 #327
1942 312 312 #344
1941 291 291 #337
1940 262 262 #351
1939 259 259 #345
1938 206 206 #397
1937 180 180 #423
1936 193 193 #394
1935 163 163 #447
1934 185 185 #409
1933 155 155 #446
1932 151 151 #468
1931 6 141 147 #479
1930 153 153 #481
1929 157 157 #467
1928 168 168 #472
1927 180 180 #457
1926 176 176 #454
1925 177 177 #453
1924 188 188 #445
1923 199 199 #429
1922 6 197 203 #430
1921 195 195 #437
1920 229 229 #391
1919 160 160 #472
1918 210 210 #408
1917 204 204 #396
1916 169 169 #434
1915 153 153 #440
1914 124 124 #433
1913 124 124 #378
1912 105 105 #377
1911 70 70 #326
1910 54 54 #338
1909 49 49 #332
1908 61 61 #275
1907 41 41 #334
1906 29 29 #400
1905 38 38 #324
1904 44 44 #291
1903 28 28 #360
1902 32 32 #349
1901 30 30 #330
1900 44 44 #320
1899 39 39 #278
1898 40 40 #294
1897 23 23 #392
1896 28 28 #365
1895 35 35 #305
1894 27 27 #350
1893 21 21 #393
1892 33 33 #323
1891 33 33 #283
1890 30 30 #318
1889 28 28 #334
1888 38 38 #287
1887 41 41 #249
1886 29 29 #318
1885 23 23 #364
1884 32 32 #306
1883 28 28 #310
1882 33 33 #301
1881 26 26 #318
1880 35 35 #282