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Spencer
Pronounced /ˈspɛnsɚ/
Rank in 2024
#385
Born in 2024
840
Peak year
1998 · #84
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:216 in 2024 (#1,118)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 840 boys were named Spencer, about 1 in every 2,042.
- It peaked in 1998 with 4,619 babies, ranked #84.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 123,013 boys have been named Spencer since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Spencer per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 1.3Millennials1981–96
- 1.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,266 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Silent: 3,875 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,397 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 10,066 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Millennials: 40,066 babies, 1.32 per 1,000. Gen Z: 44,707 babies, 1.42 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13,970 babies, 0.64 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
An occupational surname from Middle English Spenser, Spencer, Spensier, from the common noun spenser (“spencer”), denoting someone who works in a spense (“spence”), or as a butler or steward.
- (countable) A unisex given name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of general 19th century and later usage.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈspɛnsɚ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Spencer, CC BY-SA 4.0.