Spencer

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 3.7 to 1)

  • #360in 2025
  • 1 in 1,881boys in 2025
  • −29%last ten years
  • 3.1×in West Virginia

Most popular in 1998. Quieter now: down 29% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,2092,41718801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Spencer, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880317
1881258
1882290
1883268
1884280
1885213
1886262
1887404
1888314
1889253
1890270
1891326
1892270
1893187
1894233
1895298
1896234
1897204
1898326
1899367
1900292
1901282
1902261
1903235
1904343
1905287
1906218
1907279
1908395
1909299
1910278
1911310
1912244
1913242
1914189
1915180
1916190
1917220
1918207
1919163
1920215
1921177
1922181
1923182
1924166
1925159
1926158
1927160
1928152
1929146
1930139
1931136
1932145
1933156
1934179
1935157
1936186
1937169
1938186
1939234
1940226
1941237
1942226
1943246
1944207
1945198
1946187
1947184
1948178
1949180
1950180
1951210
1952175
1953150
1954143
1955158
1956146
1957127
1958134
1959149
1960168
1961187
1962184
1963202
1964213
1965245
1966205
1967215
1968311
1969396
1970386
1971352
1972383
1973380
1974359
1975446
1976491
1977445
1978448
1979492
1980404
1981462
1982511
1983526
1984518
1985603
1986893
19871,206
19881,408
19891,562
19901,665
19911,764
19921,850
19931,980
19941,974
19951,901
19961,905
19971,998
19982,417
19992,184
20002,059
20011,921
20021,776
20031,472
20041,342
20051,160
20061,064
20071,140
20081,025
2009855
2010810
2011835
2012810
2013771
2014791
2015748
2016722
2017655
2018615
2019579
2020606
2021600
2022567
2023528
2024490
2025532

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. West Virginia 3.1×
  2. Iowa 2.6×
  3. Missouri 2.3×
  4. Arkansas 2.1×
  5. Nebraska 1.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
908
Rank in 2025
#360
How rare
1 in 1,881 boys
Since 1880
123,931

Most popular in 1998, at 2,417 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 29% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
West Virginia3.1×30
Iowa2.6×54
Missouri2.3×97
Arkansas2.1×40
Nebraska1.9×25

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.