Spenser*
#2,271 most common boys' name of all time · #5,467 across all names · 89% male / 11% female · used 1968–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,271
Rank overall
#5,467 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
3,363
Since 2016
89
Peak year
1988 #503
Best rank
#503 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 359/yr
Spenser first appears in 1968. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,932 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,179 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,960 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,140 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,206 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,736 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,057 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,268 |
| 2017 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #12,603 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #6,407 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #6,082 |
| 2013 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,715 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,795 |
| 2011 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #5,494 |
| 2010 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,117 |
| 2009 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,170 |
| 2008 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,594 |
| 2007 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,472 |
| 2006 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,283 |
| 2005 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #3,417 |
| 2004 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,674 |
| 2003 | 5 | 51 | 56 | #2,167 |
| 2002 | 7 | 64 | 71 | #1,803 |
| 2001 | 8 | 67 | 75 | #1,722 |
| 2000 | 6 | 84 | 90 | #1,474 |
| 1999 | 8 | 83 | 91 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 18 | 94 | 112 | #1,285 |
| 1997 | 17 | 110 | 127 | #1,138 |
| 1996 | 15 | 137 | 152 | #948 |
| 1995 | 23 | 170 | 193 | #823 |
| 1994 | 23 | 127 | 150 | #986 |
| 1993 | 28 | 108 | 136 | #1,078 |
| 1992 | 36 | 161 | 197 | #833 |
| 1991 | 31 | 182 | 213 | #758 |
| 1990 | 32 | 218 | 250 | #688 |
| 1989 | 32 | 261 | 293 | #612 |
| 1988 | 26 | 333 | 359 | #503 |
| 1987 | 17 | 248 | 265 | #579 |
| 1986 | — | 93 | 93 | #953 |
| 1985 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,273 |
| 1984 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,096 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,749 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,141 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,291 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,394 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,296 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,791 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,175 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,130 |