Masculine dossier · first seen 1902

Spence

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Spence
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1902Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

89.4%

2024

All-time

1,113

Spence has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1970, when 47 boys were named Spence.

In 2024, only 5 boys were given the name.

Down 89.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,113 Americans have been named Spence and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1902.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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