Temple
Temple was the 10836th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 1161st; the most babies were born in 1971 (88). Over the last ten years it has moved down 745 places. More babies were named Temple in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,836 girls, down 2,915 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- 75% girls, 25% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197188 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,396babies recorded
Temple popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,836 | — | 9 | — |
| 2020 | #7,921 | — | 14 | — |
| 2010 | #5,581 | #10,637 | 25 | 7 |
| 2000 | #7,994 | #11,954 | 13 | 5 |
| 1990 | #11,298 | — | 7 | — |
| 1980 | #4,306 | — | 18 | — |
| 1970 | #2,237 | #4,191 | 36 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,668 | — | 13 | — |
| 1950 | — | #2,999 | — | 8 |
| 1940 | #4,294 | #2,463 | 6 | 10 |
| 1930 | #5,176 | #2,067 | 5 | 15 |
| 1920 | #5,673 | #2,218 | 5 | 15 |
| 1910 | — | #1,409 | — | 7 |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Temple, counting every spelling?
Temple has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Temple?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Temple (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Temple 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 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Temple.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Temple?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Temple are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 24 and 58. That makes Temple 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.
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Questions about the name Temple
How popular is the name Temple?
Temple was the 10836th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 1161st; the most babies were born in 1971 (88). Over the last ten years it has moved down 745 places. More babies were named Temple in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Temple a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 75% girls, 25% boys given the name Temple in the US.