Spenser is an uncommon variant of Spencer that peaked in 1988 and has since faded.
Spenser is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #11,803 for boy births in the United States (and #24,372 across all names), given to 6 babies. Spenser was first reported in SSA data in 1968 and peaked in 1988 (333 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,803 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,747 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,655 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | #12,110 | #12,119 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,509 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,986 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,944 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,550 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | #11,511 | #13,977 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | #18,773 | #6,626 |
| 2014 | 21 | 21 | #14,382 | #6,263 |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,962 |
| 2012 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,951 |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | #19,220 | #5,641 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,320 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,282 |
| 2008 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,685 |
| 2007 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,498 |
| 2006 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,350 |
| 2005 | 35 | 35 | #16,185 | #3,441 |
| 2004 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,687 |
| 2003 | 56 | 56 | #18,058 | #2,173 |
| 2002 | 71 | 71 | #13,439 | #1,812 |
| 2001 | 75 | 75 | #11,921 | #1,730 |
| 2000 | 90 | 90 | #14,782 | #1,477 |
| 1999 | 91 | 91 | #11,235 | #1,417 |
| 1998 | 112 | 112 | #5,770 | #1,286 |
| 1997 | 127 | — | #5,838 | #1,139 |
| 1996 | 152 | — | #6,349 | #948 |
| 1995 | 193 | — | #4,497 | #823 |
| 1994 | 150 | — | #4,503 | #987 |
| 1993 | 136 | — | #3,864 | #1,078 |
| 1992 | 197 | — | #3,207 | #833 |
| 1991 | 213 | — | #3,530 | #758 |
| 1990 | 250 | — | #3,429 | #688 |
| 1989 | 293 | — | #3,316 | #612 |
| 1988 | 359 | — | #3,677 | #503 |
| 1987 | 265 | — | #4,845 | #579 |
| 1986 | 93 | — | — | #952 |
| 1985 | 24 | — | — | #2,287 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | — | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | — | #7,189 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | — | #5,290 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #6,640 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | — | #6,731 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,367 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | — | #4,843 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | — | #4,181 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | — | #4,082 |