NameTides

Spencer

Spencer was the #360 boys' name in the US in 2025 (908 babies), and #170 in England & Wales and #251 in Canada.

Spencer as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Spencer as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUSNorthern IrelandIreland
Spencer as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#360 (908)#170 (298)#178 (23)#395 (3)#432 (8)#251 (133)#47 (148)#47 (133)
2024#384 (845)#210 (239)#160 (28)#256 (7)#520 (6)#308 (107)#65 (117)#62 (117)
2023#361 (903)#198 (252)#278 (13)#312 (5)#288 (15)#255 (124)#93 (89)#61 (99)
2022#338 (990)#200 (256)#228 (18)#352 (4)#657 (4)#233 (142)—#59 (111)
2021#315 (1,050)#199 (273)#172 (27)#226 (9)#364 (10)#267 (130)#91 (102)#53 (124)
2020#317 (1,046)#170 (310)#213 (20)#270 (6)#280 (16)#240 (141)#67 (128)#54 (125)
2019#321 (1,038)#160 (334)#204 (23)#160 (15)#370 (10)#220 (167)#98 (95)#62 (120)
2018#307 (1,117)#163 (345)#240 (18)#365 (4)—#206 (174)#78 (114)#61 (102)
2017#292 (1,212)#170 (325)#250 (18)#214 (9)#317 (13)#195 (198)—#59 (109)
2016#267 (1,371)#145 (396)#239 (19)#190 (12)#389 (9)#159 (241)#98 (97)#81 (81)
2015#252 (1,433)#153 (374)#213 (23)#314 (5)#329 (13)#156 (244)—#57 (103)
2014#247 (1,520)#170 (336)#322 (12)#398 (3)#428 (8)#134 (297)—#62 (95)
2013#248 (1,459)#160 (349)#247 (17)—#479 (6)#137 (284)—#62 (114)
2012#234 (1,536)#150 (394)#229 (20)#346 (4)#616 (4)#143 (277)—#88 (80)
2011#226 (1,585)#183 (307)#288 (13)#375 (3)#623 (4)#145 (261)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #84.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 21% of US babies named Spencer were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 910common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 850common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Spencer is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Spencer by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #393WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #188NHWashington: #425WAIdaho: #282IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #350ILMichigan: #248MINew York: #318NYMassachusetts: #307MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #276IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #317OHPennsylvania: #312PANew Jersey: #469NJConnecticut: #249CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #643CAUtah: #248UTColorado: #278CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #181MOKentucky: #281KYWest Virginia: #168WVVirginia: #343VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #444AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #259TNNorth Carolina: #356NCSouth Carolina: #265SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #274ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #510TXFlorida: #466FL
Spencer (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#30145
Quebec2025#4639

Spencer (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SpencerCanadaGirls#1,17722
SpencerCanadaBoys#251133
SpencerEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
SpencerEngland & WalesBoys#170298
SpencerIrelandBoys#4328
SpencerNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SpencerNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
SpencerNSWBoys#47148
SpencerScotlandGirls—too few
SpencerScotlandBoys#17823
SpencerUSGirls#1,022245
SpencerUSBoys#360908
SpencerVICBoys#47133