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How popular is “Spence” in the USA?

Number of people named “Spence” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Spence” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Spence” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Spence” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Spence” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Spence” by birth year

This chart shows how “Spence” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 -100%
1969 41 0.000011797 41 -100%
1970 47 0.000013032 47 -100%
1971 30 0.00000874 30 -100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 -100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 -100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 -100%
1990 21 0.000005313 21 -100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 -100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 -100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 -100%
2002 19 0.000005083 19 -100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 20 0.000005202 20 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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