Temperance
#2,985 most common girls' name of all time · #5,127 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1916–2025
Rank among girls
#2,985
Rank overall
#5,127 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
3,709
Since 2016
1,426
Peak year
2014 #850
Best rank
#836 2012
Girls
Boys
peak 324/yr
Temperance first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | — | 94 | #2,021 |
| 2024 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,086 |
| 2023 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,974 |
| 2022 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,677 |
| 2021 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,688 |
| 2020 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,461 |
| 2019 | 156 | — | 156 | #1,432 |
| 2018 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,374 |
| 2017 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,250 |
| 2016 | 235 | — | 235 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 251 | — | 251 | #1,050 |
| 2014 | 324 | — | 324 | #850 |
| 2013 | 289 | — | 289 | #890 |
| 2012 | 321 | — | 321 | #836 |
| 2011 | 274 | — | 274 | #941 |
| 2010 | 215 | — | 215 | #1,137 |
| 2009 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,422 |
| 2008 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,240 |
| 2007 | 78 | — | 78 | #2,420 |
| 2006 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,391 |
| 2005 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,946 |
| 2004 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,329 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,628 |
| 2001 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,129 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,840 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,899 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,922 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,167 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,689 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,712 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,846 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,648 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,193 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,155 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,800 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,021 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,725 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,497 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,394 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,435 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,740 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,300 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,549 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,163 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,095 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,730 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,701 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,862 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,658 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,603 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,125 |