Spenser
Mostly boys · SPEN-ser · English
Spenser is a name of English origin, meaning “steward; dispenser of provisions”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Spenser mean?
English: spelling of Spencer, from Old French despensier
“steward; dispenser of provisions”
Edmund Spenser wrote the Elizabethan epic poem The Faerie Queene.
- Say it
- SPEN-ser
Is Spenser a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Spenser has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Spenser in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Spenser, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 333 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Spenser in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 914 boys in the US were given Spenser or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #372, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
- Spencer 908
- Spenser 6
Spenser in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,149 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,706 |
| 2000 | 84 | #1,462 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,405 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,277 |
| 1997 | 110 | #1,131 |
| 1996 | 137 | #943 |
| 1995 | 170 | #820 |
| 1994 | 127 | #977 |
| 1993 | 108 | #1,067 |
| 1992 | 161 | #829 |
| 1991 | 182 | #754 |
| 1990 | 218 | #684 |
| 1989 | 261 | #609 |
| 1988 | 333 | #501 |
| 1987 | 248 | #578 |
| 1986 | 93 | #946 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
Names like Spenser
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