Spence peaked in the US in 1902 at #1,137, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Spence as a boy’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
2024
#12,349 (5)
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2023
#8,921 (8)
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2022
#8,300 (9)
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2021
#10,799 (6)
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2020
#12,022 (5)
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2019
#9,756 (7)
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2017
#10,775 (6)
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2016
#8,146 (9)
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2015
#9,568 (7)
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2013
#8,118 (9)
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2012
#9,709 (7)
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2011
#7,502 (10)
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2010
#8,139 (9)
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2009
#8,310 (9)
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2007
#7,094 (11)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1902 at #1,137.
First recorded in the US in 1902.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.