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Spenser

#11,799 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Spenser has been given to 3,363 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #11,799 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1988, with 333 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Spenser, 2025

1 in 553,000

Spenser over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Spenser over time

In 2025, Spenser went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19682025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Spenser: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Spenser means

Spenser is a given name.

The naming story behind Spenser

Wikidata records Spenser as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q61910460, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,991 boys were recorded with the name Spenser between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 333 in 1988; its best national rank was #503 in 1988.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,981 in 2020 to #11,799 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,621 in 2015 to #11,799 in 2025.

In the United States, 372 girls were recorded with the name Spenser between 1987 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 36 in 1992; its best national rank was #3,202 in 1992.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Spenser?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,799
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Spenser sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Spenser. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Spensers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Spenser was born before 1992 — so the typical Spenser is around 33 today.

Median birth year
1992
About 33 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
46.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
16.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,991
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 46.5% of all recorded uses (1,390).

Is Spenser rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−2,057
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,818
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−5,178
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.46×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
1.8%
Peak was 1988 (333)
Years since peak
37
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#503
1988

Spellings of Spenser

Spenser is not the most common spelling — Spencer is, with 96.8% against Spenser's 2.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Spenser is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Spenser was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 95,162 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 50,000
  3. 3Iowa1 in 50,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 50,000
  5. 5Washington1 in 50,000
  6. 6Colorado1 in 100,000
  7. 7Connecticut1 in 100,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Spenser has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Spenser is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Spenser was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,277,551 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Ohio1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Spenser has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Spenser around the world

Where Spenser ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2020
    #4,608
    in 2020
  • Canada
    1991–2006
    #1,929
    in 2006
  • South Australia
    1988–1988
    #476
    in 1988

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Spenser

People whose public names include Spenser, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Spenser by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,799
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,818
Best rank ever
#503
1988
Peak year
1988
333 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,991
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,202
1992
Peak year
1992
36 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
372
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Spenser

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KaiserNasserYasserSpenceFraserSpencerCeaserYaserNaserKyserElieserSperoJasserMesserAsserJaserRosserAserKinserKayserKeiserSperosKiserSpencel

Names with a curve like Spenser

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Spenser, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

BrandinTerellJustenBrandanRyneTyrelDionteDeontaDominqueMckenzieMartellNikolaus

Sibling names for Spenser

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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