Spence — #12358 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Spence

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,113 babies named Spence between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Spence currently holds the #12358 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Spence performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 187 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Spence shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Spence in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Spence in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,113 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.