Temple
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls 65.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,568since 1884
Temple over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,946 | 42 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #1,253 | 88 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #1,402 | 68 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | #2,306 | 28 | #1,545 | 26 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | — | #2,191 | 12 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Temple! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1896, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Temple
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,161 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #10,107)
- 2,548 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #10,107)
- 626 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #10,107)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #1,024 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,907
- Highest: 1 in 18,907 girls born in 1971 were named Temple (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,024 in 1884, was only 1 in 25,804 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 21.0% of all girls named Temple (330) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1987
- Mostly boys until 1986, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,024 (1884) | #1,024 |
| 1890s | 17 | #1,263 (1897) | #1,481 |
| 1900s | 26 | #1,512 (1907) | #1,656 |
| 1910s | 67 | #1,981 (1912) | #2,980 |
| 1920s | 63 | #2,587 (1923) | #3,841 |
| 1930s | 86 | #1,834 (1934) | #2,817 |
| 1940s | 85 | #2,397 (1941) | #3,603 |
| 1950s | 82 | #3,106 (1953) | #4,201 |
| 1960s | 277 | #1,402 (1969) | #2,559 |
| 1970s | 330 | #1,253 (1971) | #3,018 |
| 1980s | 89 | #4,148 (1980) | #6,995 |
| 1990s | 110 | #4,796 (1998) | #8,401 |
| 2000s | 110 | #7,045 (2002) | #9,672 |
| 2010s | 158 | #5,414 (2010) | #7,775 |
| 2020s | 63 | #6,691 (2021) | #8,369 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Temple in 1884
girls
#1,024
5 births · 1 in 25,804 girls
Top girls' names in 1884
More about 1884
girls
129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 25,804 of them was named Temple, which outranked 12.6% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Temple
Tied with 148 names at #1,024; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 488Roxy#536 → #1,024
- ↓ 463Fredericka#561 → #1,024
- ↓ 445Albert#579 → #1,024
- ↓ 409Roseanna#615 → #1,024
- ↓ 373Delpha#651 → #1,024
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.