Can my husband get higher Social Security spousal benefits from my record if his FRA amount is lower than mine?

Yes, your husband may qualify for spousal benefits! When someone's own benefit is less than half of their spouse's benefit, they can receive a combination payment. At his FRA, he would get his own $1,900 benefit PLUS the difference between that amount and 50% of your benefit. So he'd get $1,900 + ($1,400 - $1,900) if that difference is positive. But since $1,900 is more than half your benefit ($1,400), he would just get his own benefit amount. Spousal benefits max out at 50% of your PIA.

my wife got the same answer when she asked about getting some of my SS. she gets 1700 and I get 2100 and the SSA people said she gets hers because its more than 1/2 of mine. its confusing but thats how it works i guess

The previous answers are correct. Your husband won't receive additional spousal benefits because his own retirement benefit ($1,900) exceeds 50% of your Primary Insurance Amount ($1,400). Important point: If your husband were to file before his FRA, both his own benefit AND any potential spousal benefit would be permanently reduced. Since he's waiting until FRA as you mentioned, this isn't an issue in your case. Also worth noting - if either of you have previous marriages that lasted 10+ years, or if either of you were widowed from previous spouses, there might be other benefit options worth exploring.

Everyone talking about the 50% rule but nobody mentioned that if your husband becomes a widower later on (sorry to bring that up), he could switch to survivor benefits and get 100% of your benefit amount instead of his smaller benefit. Just something to be aware of for long-term planning.

Thank you all for the helpful responses! I now understand that my husband won't get any additional amount since his benefit is already more than half of mine. I appreciate the clarification about survivor benefits too - that's something we hadn't considered in our planning. I'm going to talk with him about whether it might make sense for him to delay claiming even past his FRA since his benefit would continue to grow. Does anyone know if the spousal benefit calculations change if he waits until 70?

my sister in law was in this same boat. her husbands check was like $700 less than hers and he didnt get any extra. but then when she needed to go on medicare it took a bigger chunk out of her check cause she was in a higher income bracket. so theres other stuff to think about too with the higher benefit sometimes.