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Spenser Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Spenser?

In 2018 the rare name Spenser, ranked the 7,492nd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Spenser is currently less popular.

Position 502, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1988 with 333 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Spenser was less than 5, most recently in 2016.

Approximately during the years 1982-1988, the name Spenser took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1988-1993, 2000-2006, 2007-2010, and 2011-2014.

Sometimes the name Spenser has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Spenser has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Spenser for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Spenser?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Spenser is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Spenser has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Spenser (Girl)Spenser (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 11 7,492
2017 9 11,470 5 13,934
2016 < 5 -- < 5 --
2015 5 18,740 13 6,608
2014 7 14,350 14 6,251
2013 < 5 -- 12 6,952
2012 < 5 -- 15 5,942
2011 5 19,198 16 5,634
2010 < 5 -- 14 6,317
2009 < 5 -- 18 5,280
2008 < 5 -- 21 4,683
2007 < 5 -- 31 3,493
2006 < 5 -- 22 4,345
2005 6 16,181 29 3,440
2004 < 5 -- 40 2,687
2003 5 18,051 51 2,172
2002 7 13,435 64 1,812
2001 8 11,915 67 1,730
2000 6 14,779 84 1,475
1999 8 11,235 83 1,417
1998 18 5,768 94 1,286
1997 17 5,837 110 1,138
1996 15 6,348 137 948
1995 23 4,496 170 823
1994 23 4,503 127 987
1993 28 3,863 108 1,077
1992 36 3,206 161 833
1991 31 3,531 182 758
1990 32 3,429 218 686
1989 32 3,314 261 612
1988 26 3,677 333 502
1987 17 4,843 248 579
1986 < 5 -- 93 952
1985 < 5 -- 24 2,287
1984 < 5 -- 10 4,164
1983 < 5 -- 5 7,185
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1979 < 5 -- 7 5,288
1978 < 5 -- 5 6,639
1977 < 5 -- 5 6,725
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.