Spencer is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1998 and has since faded.
Spencer is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #360 among boys (908) and #1,025 among girls (245) — overall #574 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,153 | 1,153 | #1,025 | #360 |
| 2024 | 1,062 | 1,062 | #1,119 | #384 |
| 2023 | 1,148 | 1,148 | #1,036 | #362 |
| 2022 | 1,220 | 1,220 | #1,088 | #338 |
| 2021 | 1,291 | 1,291 | #1,050 | #315 |
| 2020 | 1,284 | 1,284 | #1,053 | #317 |
| 2019 | 1,280 | 1,280 | #1,058 | #321 |
| 2018 | 1,364 | 1,364 | #1,043 | #307 |
| 2017 | 1,479 | 1,479 | #981 | #292 |
| 2016 | 1,616 | 1,616 | #1,067 | #267 |
| 2015 | 1,672 | 1,672 | #1,091 | #252 |
| 2014 | 1,723 | 1,723 | #1,204 | #248 |
| 2013 | 1,638 | 1,638 | #1,316 | #248 |
| 2012 | 1,681 | 1,681 | #1,529 | #234 |
| 2011 | 1,685 | 1,685 | #1,981 | #226 |
| 2010 | 1,612 | 1,612 | #3,007 | #227 |
| 2009 | 1,734 | 1,734 | #4,095 | #217 |
| 2008 | 2,144 | 2,144 | #3,260 | #191 |
| 2007 | 2,411 | 2,411 | #3,592 | #173 |
| 2006 | 2,229 | 2,229 | #3,665 | #184 |
| 2005 | 2,356 | 2,356 | #3,803 | #177 |
| 2004 | 2,733 | 2,733 | #2,478 | #151 |
| 2003 | 2,962 | 2,962 | #2,877 | #139 |
| 2002 | 3,538 | 3,538 | #1,965 | #110 |
| 2001 | 3,816 | 3,816 | #2,031 | #103 |
| 2000 | 4,143 | 4,143 | #1,774 | #98 |
| 1999 | 4,309 | 4,309 | #1,500 | #92 |
| 1998 | 4,780 | 4,780 | #1,172 | #84 |
| 1997 | 3,881 | — | #1,448 | #104 |
| 1996 | 3,723 | — | #1,445 | #109 |
| 1995 | 3,741 | — | #1,345 | #104 |
| 1994 | 3,952 | — | #1,246 | #98 |
| 1993 | 4,027 | — | #1,220 | #96 |
| 1992 | 3,827 | — | #1,300 | #99 |
| 1991 | 3,695 | — | #1,283 | #105 |
| 1990 | 3,556 | — | #1,227 | #105 |
| 1989 | 3,229 | — | #1,443 | #107 |
| 1988 | 2,763 | — | #1,836 | #114 |
| 1987 | 2,305 | — | #2,060 | #124 |
| 1986 | 1,672 | — | #3,262 | #164 |
| 1985 | 1,130 | — | #4,827 | #216 |
| 1984 | 945 | — | #6,720 | #238 |
| 1983 | 963 | — | #3,932 | #238 |
| 1982 | 945 | — | #4,319 | #248 |
| 1981 | 838 | — | #6,261 | #260 |
| 1980 | 738 | — | #4,488 | #287 |
| 1979 | 859 | — | #5,718 | #251 |
| 1978 | 750 | — | #4,895 | #269 |
| 1977 | 731 | — | — | #269 |
| 1976 | 777 | — | #9,086 | #256 |
| 1975 | 702 | — | #8,895 | #276 |
| 1974 | 571 | — | #7,560 | #321 |
| 1973 | 598 | — | #8,276 | #300 |
| 1972 | 621 | — | — | #299 |
| 1971 | 622 | — | — | #309 |
| 1970 | 725 | — | #6,286 | #291 |
| 1969 | 708 | — | — | #280 |
| 1968 | 548 | — | #6,164 | #328 |
| 1967 | 375 | — | — | #391 |
| 1966 | 366 | — | — | #393 |
| 1965 | 456 | — | — | #358 |
| 1964 | 425 | — | — | #385 |
| 1963 | 415 | — | #7,499 | #397 |
| 1962 | 380 | — | — | #412 |
| 1961 | 397 | — | — | #399 |
| 1960 | 363 | — | #7,173 | #422 |
| 1959 | 319 | — | — | #448 |
| 1958 | 284 | — | — | #467 |
| 1957 | 275 | — | — | #465 |
| 1956 | 314 | — | #5,874 | #432 |
| 1955 | 325 | — | — | #406 |
| 1954 | 291 | — | — | #423 |
| 1953 | 295 | — | — | #406 |
| 1952 | 340 | — | — | #368 |
| 1951 | 395 | — | — | #344 |
| 1950 | 327 | — | #6,003 | #378 |
| 1949 | 319 | — | — | #376 |
| 1948 | 313 | — | — | #386 |
| 1947 | 337 | — | — | #373 |
| 1946 | 303 | — | — | #374 |
| 1945 | 266 | — | — | #365 |
| 1944 | 282 | — | — | #356 |
| 1943 | 351 | — | — | #327 |
| 1942 | 312 | — | — | #344 |
| 1941 | 291 | — | — | #338 |
| 1940 | 262 | — | — | #351 |
| 1939 | 259 | — | — | #346 |
| 1938 | 206 | — | — | #397 |
| 1937 | 180 | — | — | #423 |
| 1936 | 193 | — | — | #394 |
| 1935 | 163 | — | — | #447 |
| 1934 | 185 | — | — | #412 |
| 1933 | 155 | — | — | #446 |
| 1932 | 151 | — | — | #469 |
| 1931 | 147 | — | #4,285 | #483 |
| 1930 | 153 | — | — | #483 |
| 1929 | 157 | — | — | #469 |
| 1928 | 168 | — | — | #472 |
| 1927 | 180 | — | — | #457 |
| 1926 | 176 | — | — | #454 |
| 1925 | 177 | — | — | #454 |
| 1924 | 188 | — | — | #446 |
| 1923 | 199 | — | — | #431 |
| 1922 | 203 | — | #4,940 | #430 |
| 1921 | 195 | — | — | #440 |
| 1920 | 229 | — | — | #393 |
| 1919 | 160 | — | — | #473 |
| 1918 | 210 | — | — | #408 |
| 1917 | 204 | — | — | #397 |
| 1916 | 169 | — | — | #434 |
| 1915 | 153 | — | — | #440 |
| 1914 | 124 | — | — | #433 |
| 1913 | 124 | — | — | #379 |
| 1912 | 105 | — | — | #378 |
| 1911 | 70 | — | — | #327 |
| 1910 | 54 | — | — | #344 |
| 1909 | 49 | — | — | #333 |
| 1908 | 61 | — | — | #277 |
| 1907 | 41 | — | — | #339 |
| 1906 | 29 | — | — | #409 |
| 1905 | 38 | — | — | #328 |
| 1904 | 44 | — | — | #293 |
| 1903 | 28 | — | — | #368 |
| 1902 | 32 | — | — | #352 |
| 1901 | 30 | — | — | #333 |
| 1900 | 44 | — | — | #324 |
| 1899 | 39 | — | — | #280 |
| 1898 | 40 | — | — | #297 |
| 1897 | 23 | — | — | #402 |
| 1896 | 28 | — | — | #366 |
| 1895 | 35 | — | — | #307 |
| 1894 | 27 | — | — | #357 |
| 1893 | 21 | — | — | #399 |
| 1892 | 33 | — | — | #328 |
| 1891 | 33 | — | — | #289 |
| 1890 | 30 | — | — | #321 |
| 1889 | 28 | — | — | #336 |
| 1888 | 38 | — | — | #288 |
| 1887 | 41 | — | — | #249 |
| 1886 | 29 | — | — | #318 |
| 1885 | 23 | — | — | #376 |
| 1884 | 32 | — | — | #313 |
| 1883 | 28 | — | — | #316 |
| 1882 | 33 | — | — | #306 |
| 1881 | 26 | — | — | #323 |
| 1880 | 35 | — | — | #282 |