Spenser

A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning dispenser of provisions; occupational surname.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Spenser by the numbers

Spenser was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 333 babies in 1988, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Spenser. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Spencersteward, dispenser of provisions298 in England and Wales (2025)

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