Temple

Where Temple comes from

The dictionaries list Temple as a given name — a male given name from Latin — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1884
    Debut at its peak, #1,024
    #1,024 among girls with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1987
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Temple hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.