Counterfactual

The Parallel Lives of Spenser and Easton

In 6 boys, Spenser found its level. 50 years earlier, Easton occupied that same statistical address.

1968–2025

Spenser

peak 1988 2025 192019401960198020002020
Peak year 1988
Peak births 333
Latest count 6
Status Endangered
Peak generation Millennial
1907–2025

Easton

peak 2016 2025 192019401960198020002020
Peak year 2016
Peak births 5,643
Latest count 3,198
Status Declining
Peak generation Gen Alpha
In 6 boys, Spenser found its level. 50 years earlier, Easton occupied that same address. One peaked in the Gen Alpha era; the other in the Millennial world. They never met. But the data remembers them both.