Spence
Boy · SPENS · English
Spence is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “pantry, larder”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Spence mean?
English: English surname; also short for Spencer
“pantry, larder”
Occupational surname for someone who worked in the spence, the pantry of a great house; also a short form of Spencer.
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Is Spence a girl's or a boy's name?
Spence is a boys' name.
How popular is Spence in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1902.
Half of all the boys named Spence in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Spence in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,207 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
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