Spencer

What Spencer means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Spencer yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1998, with 4,619 babies; 908 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Spencer?

US: Falling: down from #252 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #153 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1998, when 4,619 boys got the name (#84 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,881 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 913 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 854 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (2.34 per 1,000 boys), ME (2.08 per 1,000 boys), WV (1.79 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Spencer is #360 in the US and #170 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 78.8% of US babies named Spencer were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Spenser6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Spencer

Boys

• Mitchell#952Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,370 babies; 245 in 2025
• Kyle#508“narrows”^*
• Dalton#448Editor’s note Down from #328 in 2015 to #448 in 2025 in the US
• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*
• Dillon#929Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1992, with 5,062 babies; 253 in 2025
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*

For a sister

• Shelby#649Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 10,220 babies; 444 in 2025
• Haley#861“hay field”^*
• Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025
• Taylor#403From the word “tailor”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Tiffany#878Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1988, with 18,364 babies; 304 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Spencer’s. Rank is US 2025.