Tempest
Tempest was the 7103rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 1566th with 98 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 402 places. More babies were named Tempest in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,103 girls, up 817 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199098 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,322babies recorded
Tempest popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,103 | 16 |
| 2020 | #7,920 | 14 |
| 2010 | #6,608 | 20 |
| 2000 | #8,498 | 12 |
| 1990 | #1,566 | 98 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #7,911 | 6 |
| 1960 | #5,132 | 8 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | #5,175 | 5 |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tempest, counting every spelling?
Tempest has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Tempest?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tempest (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tempest born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tempest.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tempest?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Tempest are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 17 and 38. That makes Tempest mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tempest: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tempest, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tempest
How popular is the name Tempest?
Tempest was the 7103rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 1566th with 98 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 402 places. More babies were named Tempest in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Tempest a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tempest in the US.