Temple
Temple is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197188 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1884
- 2,387people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,559 girls have been named Temple in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 88 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1970s alone account for 21%.
Temple is used for both sexes: 35% of its bearers are boys (828), most of them born around 1964.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Temple | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 17 | |
| 1900s | 26 | |
| 1910s | 67 | |
| 1920s | 63 | |
| 1930s | 86 | |
| 1940s | 85 | |
| 1950s | 82 | |
| 1960s | 277 | |
| 1970s | 330 | |
| 1980s | 89 | |
| 1990s | 110 | |
| 2000s | 110 | |
| 2010s | 158 | |
| 2020s | 54 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Temple was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Temple
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aletheapeak 1973
- Gretchenpeak 1973
- Venuspeak 1959
- Angiepeak 1975
- Alethiapeak 1973
- Melitapeak 1973
- Delenapeak 1967
- Ursulapeak 1967
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.