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How popular is the name Spenser?
Births per year, rank history and how many Spensers are alive today.
Spenser (male), a spelling of Spencer, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2020 (ranked 4608th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2000, when 4 babies were given the name, the 2501st most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Spencer you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old - or else around 11: the name has two living generations. Half of all Spencers born in England and Wales are between 9 and 23, and there are at least 9,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Spencer.
How many babies are named Spenser each year?
Includes all spellings: Spenser, Spencer. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Spenser spelling rank?
Where does the Spencer spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Spenser most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Spencer, peaked in 2003, when 621 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Spenser spelling itself peaked in 2000, with 4 babies.
How many people are called Spenser?
At least 9,400 people named Spenser in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Spenser?
Most living Spensers are between 9 and 23; the most common age is about 23. There is a second cluster around 11.
Is Spenser becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.