Spence
Spence is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 197047 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1902
- 1,113people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,113 boys have been named Spence in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 47 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1970s alone account for 17%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Spence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 43 | |
| 1920s | 43 | |
| 1930s | 47 | |
| 1940s | 81 | |
| 1950s | 97 | |
| 1960s | 134 | |
| 1970s | 187 | |
| 1980s | 137 | |
| 1990s | 118 | |
| 2000s | 125 | |
| 2010s | 64 | |
| 2020s | 32 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Spence was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1970 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Spence
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sergepeak 1972
- Jacquespeak 1969
- Renepeak 1970
- Corwinpeak 1988
- Vinsonpeak 1969
- Cardellpeak 1989
- Sixtopeak 1994
- Anthonypeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.