Spencer
Top 1000
About Spencer
Spencer is a name that has everything: it's both distinguished sounding and accessible, dignified but Spencer Tracy-like friendly. Picked by several celebrities (a couple of times even for a girl), adding up to an enthusiastically recommended choice.
As a family surname, Spencer became the middle name of Winston Churchill, and was the maiden name of Princess Diana. The surname version was often spelled Spenser in the past, as in Edmund Spenser, the poet known for The Faerie Queene.
The protagonist of Henry James's short story The Jolly Corner" is Spencer Brydon.
As of October 2026, Spencer ranked #360 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #84 in 1998, Nameberry popularity #348.
Editor's take: The name Spencer is a boy's name of English origin meaning "house steward, dispenser of provisions".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #248 | 1,520 | 791.3 |
| 2015 | #252 | 1,433 | 747.6 |
| 2016 | #267 | 1,371 | 722.4 |
| 2017 | #292 | 1,210 | 653.7 |
| 2018 | #307 | 1,114 | 613.4 |
| 2019 | #321 | 1,038 | 578.5 |
| 2020 | #317 | 1,046 | 606 |
| 2021 | #315 | 1,049 | 599.6 |
| 2022 | #338 | 988 | 565.9 |
| 2023 | #362 | 902 | 527.3 |
| 2024 | #388 | 840 | 487.6 |
| 2025 | #360 | 908 | 531.6 |
World rankings
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Spencer on lists
Famous Spencers
- Spencer Bonaventure Tracy
American actor
- Spencer Perceval
British prime minister
- (Edward) Spencer Abraham
10th U.S. Secretary of Energy; Senator from Michigan
- Spencer Breslin
American actor; brother of Abigail Breslin
- Spencer Mason Hawes
American basketball player
- Spencer Haywood
American basketball player
- Spencer Paysinger
American football player
- Charles Spencer Chaplin
American actor and director
- Spencer Smith
American drummer of band Panic! at the Disco
- Spencer William Pratt
American reality TV personality ("The Hills")
- Spencer Gooding
son of actor Cuba Gooding Jr
- Spencer Shuga Knight
brother of actor Sterling Knight
- Spencer List
American actor
- Spencer Hawk
son of American pro skater Tony Hawk
- Herbert Spencer Gasser
American physiologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Spencer Tweedy
son of musician Jeff Tweedy of Wilco; drummer of band Tweedy
- Spencer Frederick Trump
grandson of President Donald Trump
- Charles Edward Maurice Spencer
9th Earl Spencer
- Spencer Ackerman
American national security reporter and blogger
- Spencer Charnas
American Metal vocalist of Ice Nine Kills
- Spencer Kaling (b. 2020)
son of actress Mindy Kaling
- spencer agnew
director of programming for smosh games
Spencer in pop culture
- Dr. Spencer Reid
FBI profiler on TV's "Criminal Minds"
- Spencer Shay
brother of Carly on TV's "iCarly" played by Jeremy Trainor
- Spencer Olchin
character on TV's "King of Queens"
- Spencer's
chain of party gift shops
- Shawn Spencer
main character on "Psych"
- Eliot Spencer
character on TV's "Leverage"
- Spencer Walsh
character on "Good Luck Charlie"
- Spencer Monroe
character on "The Walking Dead"
- Spencer Moon
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Spencer Matthews
UK reality TV personality "Made in Chelsea"
- Spencer Cogswell
character on "The Jetsons" Manager of Cogswell Cogs
- Spencer Dutton
Character in "Yellowstone" spin off series "1923"