Spenser

Spenser was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).

Spenser as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Spenser as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Spenser as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#10,695 (6)——
2024#8,987 (8)——
2023#9,763 (7)——
2022#10,863 (6)——
2021#7,089 (11)——
2020#6,620 (12)#4,608 (3)—
2019#10,803 (6)——
2018#7,136 (11)——
2017#12,246 (5)——
2015#6,324 (13)——
2014#5,997 (14)——
2013#6,603 (12)——
2012#5,720 (15)——
2011#5,433 (16)——
2010#6,036 (14)——

Spenser as a girl’s name

  • US
Spenser as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0318801900192019401960198020002020
Spenser as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.031880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2022#11,231 (8)
2017#10,689 (9)
2015#16,419 (5)
2014#13,069 (7)
2011#16,764 (5)
2005#14,502 (6)
2003#15,784 (5)
2002#12,187 (7)
2001#11,020 (8)
2000#13,154 (6)
1999#10,345 (8)
1998#5,583 (18)
1997#5,626 (17)
1996#6,064 (15)
1995#4,348 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1988 at #501.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.
  • In 2022, 57% of US babies named Spenser were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

Next year

On its recent trend, Spenser is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 260,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 140,000 to 1 in 460,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SpenserCanadaBoys—too few
SpenserEngland & WalesBoys—too few
SpenserNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SpenserUSGirls—too few
SpenserUSBoys#10,6956