Spence is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1970 and has since faded.
Spence is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Spence was first reported in SSA data in 1902 and peaked in 1970 (47 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | #13,966 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #9,627 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | #8,886 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | #11,944 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | #13,775 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | #10,651 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | #12,029 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | #8,714 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | #10,474 |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | #8,670 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | #10,603 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 | #7,981 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #8,695 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | #8,900 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | #7,512 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | #6,406 |
| 2005 | 20 | 20 | #4,440 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #6,913 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | #6,660 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | #4,304 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | #4,647 |
| 2000 | 14 | 14 | #5,266 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #5,607 |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | #5,784 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | #4,640 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #7,034 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #6,340 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #5,072 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | #8,558 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | #3,896 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #5,875 |
| 1990 | 21 | — | #3,047 |
| 1989 | 16 | — | #3,596 |
| 1988 | 19 | — | #2,939 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | #3,485 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | #2,992 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #5,086 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #4,164 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | #3,593 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | #4,198 |
| 1981 | 17 | — | #2,768 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | #3,228 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | #3,148 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | #3,579 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | #3,180 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #3,685 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #4,260 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | #2,923 |
| 1973 | 17 | — | #2,390 |
| 1972 | 24 | — | #1,866 |
| 1971 | 30 | — | #1,630 |
| 1970 | 47 | — | #1,219 |
| 1969 | 41 | — | #1,249 |
| 1968 | 20 | — | #1,824 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #3,204 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,460 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #3,216 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #3,250 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #2,517 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #2,486 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #2,881 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | #2,847 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 15 | — | #2,162 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | #2,264 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | #2,617 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #2,948 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #2,717 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #2,691 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #2,360 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #2,995 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #2,777 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #2,429 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | #2,345 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,959 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #2,965 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,201 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #2,916 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | #2,194 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | #2,461 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,503 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,600 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,630 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,091 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #3,059 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,259 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #3,909 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | #4,094 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,466 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #3,821 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #3,822 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | #3,180 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,074 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,500 |
| 1916 | 13 | — | #2,244 |
| 1915 | 11 | — | #2,435 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,696 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,295 |