Spurgeon — #12321 US boys' name
1,445 babies named Spurgeon in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Spurgeon was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Spurgeon in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Spurgeon
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,445 babies named Spurgeon between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Spurgeon currently holds the #12321 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 45 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Spurgeon performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 304 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Spurgeon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 145 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Spurgeon in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Spurgeon 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 1,445 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.
Spurgeon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Spurgeon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #12321 among boys.
1,445 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 45 births in a single year.
Spurgeon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 304 births that decade — 21% of Spurgeon's all-time total
Spurgeon decade highlights
- Peak decade 304 births
- Runner-up 303 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Spurgeon's strongest decade
304 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Spurgeon by state
Where Spurgeon concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 145 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 34 | 2.4% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 27 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Texas | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 8 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.3% |
145 of 1,445 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 10.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.4% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.9% of nationwide
- Mississippi 0.7% of nationwide
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.