Spencer

Meaning: Steward; administrator; one who distributes provisions
Origin: From Latin via Old French

Nicknames: Spence

Boy's name · #360 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

80% boys · 20% girls — Spencer is also given to girls: 245 in 2025, about 20% in recent years. Spencer →

Popularity over time

Spencer reached #84 in 1998 and has eased to #360 since. About 124,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#47 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #47 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #54 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #87 in New Zealand (2025) · #173 in England & Wales (2025) · #188 in Scotland (2025) · #464 in Ireland (2025) · #474 in N. Ireland (2025) · #1,143 in Sweden (2025) · #3,009 in France (2025) · #313 in Canada (2024).

Famous Spencers

Spencer Tracy — American actor (1900–1967)
Spencer Perceval — 19th-century prime minister of the United Kingdom (1762–1812)
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington — Prime Minister of Great Britain
Spencer Fullerton Baird — American naturalist (1823–1887)
Spencer Tunick — American photographer

In stories & tradition

Spencer Smythe — The Amazing Spider-Man (comics)
Spencer Reid^fr — Criminal Minds (TV series)
Spencer Monroe — The Walking Dead (TV series)

What Spencers become

Among 642 notable people named Spencer:

Sports figures appear 1.94× more often than among typical names — e.g. Spencer Gore, British tennis player (1850–1906).

Similar names: Grant · Colin · Mitchell · Dexter · Zander · Jake

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