Is Spencer a boy or girl name?
Spencer is used for both, more often for boys in the US. In 2024, 216 girls and 840 boys were named Spencer, so 20.5% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 4.3% of the 128,474 US babies named Spencer were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #388
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,119
- Babies named Spencer since 1880
- 128,474
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 4,780 babies
Boys and girls named Spencer, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 313 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 309 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 396 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 1,373 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 1,866 | 6 | 0.3% |
| 1930s | 1,786 | 6 | 0.3% |
| 1940s | 3,037 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 3,154 | 11 | 0.3% |
| 1960s | 4,416 | 17 | 0.4% |
| 1970s | 6,899 | 59 | 0.8% |
| 1980s | 15,183 | 345 | 2.2% |
| 1990s | 38,183 | 1,309 | 3.3% |
| 2000s | 27,452 | 614 | 2.2% |
| 2010s | 13,821 | 1,924 | 12.2% |
| 2020s | 4,825 | 1,170 | 19.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 840 | #388 | 216 | #1,119 |
| 2023 | 902 | #362 | 245 | #1,035 |
| 2022 | 988 | #338 | 230 | #1,087 |
| 2021 | 1,049 | #315 | 241 | #1,049 |
| 2020 | 1,046 | #317 | 238 | #1,052 |
| 2019 | 1,038 | #321 | 242 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 1,114 | #307 | 247 | #1,043 |
| 2017 | 1,210 | #292 | 267 | #981 |
| 2016 | 1,371 | #267 | 245 | #1,067 |
| 2015 | 1,433 | #252 | 239 | #1,091 |
| 2014 | 1,520 | #248 | 203 | #1,204 |
| 2013 | 1,459 | #248 | 179 | #1,315 |
| 2012 | 1,536 | #234 | 145 | #1,529 |
| 2011 | 1,585 | #226 | 100 | #1,981 |
| 2010 | 1,555 | #227 | 57 | #3,007 |
| 2009 | 1,696 | #217 | 38 | #4,095 |
| 2008 | 2,092 | #191 | 52 | #3,259 |
| 2007 | 2,365 | #173 | 46 | #3,591 |
| 2006 | 2,186 | #184 | 43 | #3,664 |
| 2005 | 2,317 | #177 | 39 | #3,803 |
| 2004 | 2,664 | #151 | 69 | #2,478 |
| 2003 | 2,908 | #139 | 54 | #2,876 |
| 2002 | 3,448 | #110 | 90 | #1,965 |
| 2001 | 3,732 | #103 | 84 | #2,031 |
| 2000 | 4,044 | #98 | 99 | #1,774 |
| 1999 | 4,194 | #92 | 115 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 4,619 | #84 | 161 | #1,172 |
| 1997 | 3,766 | #104 | 115 | #1,448 |
| 1996 | 3,609 | #109 | 114 | #1,445 |
| 1995 | 3,618 | #104 | 123 | #1,345 |
| 1994 | 3,813 | #98 | 139 | #1,246 |
| 1993 | 3,884 | #96 | 143 | #1,220 |
| 1992 | 3,696 | #99 | 131 | #1,300 |
| 1991 | 3,564 | #105 | 131 | #1,283 |
| 1990 | 3,420 | #105 | 137 | #1,227 |
| 1989 | 3,126 | #107 | 103 | #1,442 |
| 1988 | 2,695 | #114 | 68 | #1,836 |
| 1987 | 2,251 | #124 | 54 | #2,060 |
| 1986 | 1,644 | #164 | 28 | #3,263 |
| 1985 | 1,114 | #216 | 16 | #4,827 |
| 1984 | 935 | #238 | 10 | #6,719 |
| 1983 | 943 | #238 | 20 | #3,931 |
| 1982 | 927 | #248 | 18 | #4,319 |
| 1981 | 827 | #260 | 11 | #6,261 |
| 1980 | 721 | #287 | 17 | #4,488 |
| 1979 | 848 | #250 | 12 | #5,716 |
| 1978 | 737 | #269 | 14 | #4,894 |
| 1977 | 731 | #269 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 771 | #256 | 6 | #9,086 |
| 1975 | 696 | #276 | 6 | #8,896 |
| 1974 | 564 | #321 | 7 | #7,559 |
| 1973 | 592 | #300 | 6 | #8,276 |
| 1972 | 621 | #299 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 622 | #309 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 717 | #291 | 8 | #6,286 |
| 1969 | 709 | #280 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 540 | #328 | 7 | #6,164 |
| 1967 | 375 | #391 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 366 | #393 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 456 | #358 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 425 | #385 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 410 | #397 | 5 | #7,499 |
| 1962 | 380 | #412 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 398 | #398 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 357 | #423 | 5 | #7,170 |
| 1959 | 319 | #448 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 284 | #467 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 275 | #465 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 308 | #432 | 6 | #5,875 |
| 1955 | 325 | #406 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 291 | #423 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 295 | #406 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 340 | #368 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 395 | #344 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 322 | #378 | 5 | #6,004 |
| 1949 | 319 | #376 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 314 | #385 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 337 | #373 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 303 | #374 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 266 | #365 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 282 | #356 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 351 | #327 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 313 | #344 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 291 | #338 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 261 | #351 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 259 | #346 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 206 | #397 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 180 | #423 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 193 | #394 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 163 | #447 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 185 | #412 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 155 | #446 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 151 | #469 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 141 | #483 | 6 | #4,285 |
| 1930 | 153 | #483 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 157 | #469 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 168 | #472 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 180 | #457 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 176 | #454 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 177 | #454 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 188 | #446 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 199 | #431 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 197 | #430 | 6 | #4,940 |
| 1921 | 195 | #440 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 229 | #393 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 160 | #473 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 210 | #408 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 204 | #397 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 169 | #434 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 153 | #440 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 124 | #433 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 124 | #379 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 105 | #378 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 70 | #327 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 54 | #344 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 49 | #333 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 61 | #277 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 41 | #339 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 29 | #409 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 38 | #328 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 44 | #293 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 28 | #368 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 32 | #352 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 30 | #333 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 44 | #324 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 39 | #280 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 40 | #297 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 23 | #402 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 28 | #366 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 35 | #307 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 27 | #357 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 21 | #399 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 33 | #328 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 33 | #289 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 30 | #321 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 28 | #336 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 38 | #288 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 41 | #249 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 29 | #318 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 23 | #376 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 32 | #313 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 28 | #316 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 33 | #306 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 26 | #323 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 35 | #282 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Spencer reached #84 in 1998. As a girl name, it reached #981 in 2017. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Spencer
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.