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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #1,024 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 21.0% of all girls named Temple (330) were born in this decade
- 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 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 24,809 of them was named Temple, which outranked 83.9% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,385Tonette69
- #1,385Valentina69
- #1,385Vernita69
- #1,402Temple68
- #1,402Alena68
- #1,402Billy68
- #1,402Emilia68
- #1,423Aundrea67
- #1,423Chrissy67
- #1,423Dannielle67
Tied with 20 names at #1,402; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 357,635 of them was named Temple, which outranked 12.7% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 639 names at #4,404; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.