Spencer
Boy · SPEN-ser · English
Spencer is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “dispenser of provisions”. In 2025 it ranked 178th for boys in the UK (324 babies) and 360th for boys in the US (908 babies).
What does Spencer mean?
English: occupational surname, from Norman French
“dispenser of provisions”
An English surname for a household's steward of provisions; the Spencer family of Althorp included Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Is Spencer a girl's or a boy's name?
Spencer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 324 boys in the UK and 245 girls and 908 boys in the US.
How popular is Spencer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #178among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 324about 1 in 930 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.5%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 324 boys in the UK were named Spencer, making it the 178th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 179th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 647 boys. 9 girls were also named Spencer in 2025 (2,856th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Spencer than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Spencer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 170th in England and Wales, 178th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Spencer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 324 | #178 |
| 2024 | 274 | #202 |
| 2023 | 270 | #203 |
| 2022 | 278 | #210 |
| 2021 | 309 | #196 |
| 2020 | 336 | #179 |
| 2019 | 372 | #164 |
| 2018 | 367 | #172 |
| 2017 | 352 | #175 |
| 2016 | 427 | #157 |
| 2015 | 402 | #167 |
| 2014 | 351 | #184 |
| 2013 | 366 | #177 |
| 2012 | 418 | #157 |
| 2011 | 323 | #192 |
| 2010 | 333 | #185 |
| 2009 | 321 | #189 |
| 2008 | 287 | #194 |
| 2007 | 304 | #186 |
| 2006 | 253 | #194 |
| 2005 | 241 | #194 |
| 2004 | 397 | #143 |
| 2003 | 647 | #98 |
| 2002 | 249 | #169 |
| 2001 | 136 | #243 |
| 2000 | 137 | #233 |
| 1999 | 181 | #201 |
| 1998 | 202 | #182 |
| 1997 | 164 | #222 |
| 1996 | 125 | #259 |
How popular is Spencer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #360among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 908about 1 in 1,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 908 boys in the US were named Spencer, making it the 360th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 317th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 4,619 boys. 245 girls were also named Spencer in 2025 (1,022nd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Spencer in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 3% of the babies named Spencer in the US in 1922, and 21% in 2025.
Spencer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 908 | #360 |
| 2024 | 845 | #384 |
| 2023 | 903 | #361 |
| 2022 | 990 | #338 |
| 2021 | 1,050 | #315 |
| 2020 | 1,046 | #317 |
| 2019 | 1,038 | #321 |
| 2018 | 1,117 | #307 |
| 2017 | 1,212 | #292 |
| 2016 | 1,371 | #267 |
| 2015 | 1,433 | #252 |
| 2014 | 1,520 | #247 |
| 2013 | 1,459 | #248 |
| 2012 | 1,536 | #234 |
| 2011 | 1,585 | #226 |
| 2010 | 1,555 | #227 |
| 2009 | 1,696 | #217 |
| 2008 | 2,092 | #191 |
| 2007 | 2,365 | #173 |
| 2006 | 2,186 | #184 |
| 2005 | 2,317 | #177 |
| 2004 | 2,664 | #151 |
| 2003 | 2,908 | #139 |
| 2002 | 3,448 | #110 |
| 2001 | 3,732 | #103 |
| 2000 | 4,044 | #98 |
| 1999 | 4,194 | #92 |
| 1998 | 4,619 | #84 |
| 1997 | 3,766 | #104 |
| 1996 | 3,609 | #109 |
| 1995 | 3,618 | #104 |
| 1994 | 3,813 | #98 |
| 1993 | 3,884 | #96 |
| 1992 | 3,696 | #99 |
| 1991 | 3,564 | #105 |
| 1990 | 3,419 | #105 |
| 1989 | 3,126 | #107 |
| 1988 | 2,695 | #114 |
| 1987 | 2,251 | #124 |
| 1986 | 1,644 | #164 |
| 1985 | 1,114 | #216 |
| 1984 | 935 | #238 |
| 1983 | 943 | #238 |
| 1982 | 927 | #246 |
| 1981 | 827 | #260 |
| 1980 | 721 | #287 |
| 1979 | 847 | #250 |
| 1978 | 736 | #269 |
| 1977 | 731 | #269 |
| 1976 | 771 | #256 |
| 1975 | 696 | #276 |
| 1974 | 564 | #320 |
| 1973 | 592 | #300 |
| 1972 | 621 | #299 |
| 1971 | 622 | #309 |
| 1970 | 717 | #291 |
| 1969 | 708 | #280 |
| 1968 | 541 | #328 |
| 1967 | 375 | #390 |
| 1966 | 366 | #391 |
| 1965 | 456 | #356 |
| 1964 | 425 | #385 |
| 1963 | 410 | #396 |
| 1962 | 380 | #412 |
| 1961 | 397 | #398 |
| 1960 | 358 | #420 |
| 1959 | 319 | #448 |
| 1958 | 284 | #465 |
| 1957 | 275 | #464 |
| 1956 | 308 | #430 |
| 1955 | 325 | #404 |
| 1954 | 291 | #419 |
| 1953 | 295 | #403 |
| 1952 | 340 | #365 |
| 1951 | 395 | #343 |
| 1950 | 322 | #377 |
| 1949 | 319 | #376 |
| 1948 | 313 | #385 |
| 1947 | 337 | #373 |
| 1946 | 303 | #373 |
| 1945 | 266 | #364 |
| 1944 | 282 | #356 |
| 1943 | 351 | #327 |
| 1942 | 312 | #344 |
| 1941 | 291 | #337 |
| 1940 | 262 | #350 |
| 1939 | 259 | #345 |
| 1938 | 206 | #397 |
| 1937 | 180 | #423 |
| 1936 | 193 | #394 |
| 1935 | 163 | #447 |
| 1934 | 185 | #409 |
| 1933 | 155 | #445 |
| 1932 | 151 | #468 |
| 1931 | 141 | #478 |
| 1930 | 153 | #480 |
| 1929 | 157 | #467 |
| 1928 | 168 | #471 |
| 1927 | 180 | #457 |
| 1926 | 176 | #454 |
| 1925 | 177 | #453 |
| 1924 | 188 | #445 |
| 1923 | 199 | #429 |
| 1922 | 197 | #430 |
| 1921 | 195 | #437 |
| 1920 | 229 | #391 |
| 1919 | 160 | #472 |
| 1918 | 210 | #408 |
| 1917 | 204 | #396 |
| 1916 | 169 | #434 |
| 1915 | 153 | #440 |
| 1914 | 124 | #433 |
| 1913 | 124 | #378 |
| 1912 | 105 | #377 |
| 1911 | 70 | #323 |
| 1910 | 54 | #337 |
| 1909 | 49 | #330 |
| 1908 | 61 | #274 |
| 1907 | 41 | #331 |
| 1906 | 29 | #400 |
| 1905 | 38 | #322 |
| 1904 | 44 | #288 |
| 1903 | 28 | #360 |
| 1902 | 32 | #348 |
| 1901 | 30 | #325 |
| 1900 | 44 | #319 |
| 1899 | 39 | #276 |
| 1898 | 40 | #288 |
| 1897 | 23 | #392 |
| 1896 | 28 | #363 |
| 1895 | 35 | #305 |
| 1894 | 27 | #349 |
| 1893 | 21 | #391 |
| 1892 | 33 | #320 |
| 1891 | 33 | #283 |
| 1890 | 30 | #316 |
| 1889 | 28 | #332 |
| 1888 | 38 | #286 |
| 1887 | 41 | #247 |
| 1886 | 29 | #317 |
| 1885 | 23 | #364 |
| 1884 | 32 | #306 |
| 1883 | 28 | #309 |
| 1882 | 33 | #298 |
| 1881 | 26 | #318 |
| 1880 | 35 | #282 |
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