Spurgeon comes from the Norse tradition, meaning Little branch.
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How popular is Spurgeon?
1918peak year
Today, Spurgeon is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #11076), with only about 7 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1918, 45 babies were given the name (ranked #1010 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1910s. Spurgeon's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 1,445 babies have been registered as Spurgeon since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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