Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Temple**

#3,967 most common girls' name of all time · #6,786 across all names · 35% male / 65% female · used 1884–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#3,967
Rank overall
#6,786 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
2,396
Since 2016
158
Peak year
1971 #1,256
Best rank
#1,168 1884
Girls Boys peak 104/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Temple first appears in 1884. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 — 9 #10,131
2024 11 7 18 #8,976
2022 12 9 21 #8,560
2021 17 — 17 #6,706
2020 14 — 14 #7,580
2019 21 7 28 #5,810
2018 14 6 20 #7,777
2017 15 — 15 #7,459
2016 11 5 16 #9,434
2015 11 5 16 #9,505
2014 10 — 10 #10,156
2013 24 5 29 #5,498
2012 13 — 13 #8,644
2011 14 — 14 #8,213
2010 25 7 32 #5,424
2009 11 5 16 #9,998
2008 11 5 16 #10,102
2007 11 6 17 #10,149
2006 8 — 8 #12,448
2005 12 5 17 #8,913
2004 13 9 22 #8,279
2003 8 — 8 #11,365
2002 15 — 15 #7,075
2001 8 — 8 #11,049
2000 13 5 18 #7,600
1999 13 — 13 #7,263
1998 22 5 27 #4,809
1997 13 5 18 #6,866
1996 13 — 13 #6,746
1995 10 6 16 #8,108
1994 9 — 9 #8,838
1993 7 — 7 #10,633
1992 5 — 5 #13,385
1991 11 — 11 #7,461
1990 7 — 7 #10,244
1989 10 5 15 #7,484
1988 12 8 20 #6,306
1987 10 6 16 #6,824
1985 6 7 13 #9,373
1984 8 5 13 #7,443
1983 8 7 15 #7,355
1982 8 — 8 #7,508
1981 9 — 9 #6,853
1980 18 — 18 #4,168
1979 15 9 24 #4,639
1978 21 — 21 #3,522
1977 17 — 17 #4,081
1976 10 9 19 #5,626
1975 33 7 40 #2,416
1974 34 — 34 #2,303
1973 34 — 34 #2,274
1972 42 7 49 #1,951
1971 88 16 104 #1,256
1970 36 7 43 #2,209
1969 68 5 73 #1,410
1968 19 6 25 #2,983
1967 30 14 44 #2,171
1966 12 10 22 #3,772
1965 26 22 48 #2,357
1964 28 26 54 #2,312
1963 18 5 23 #2,975
1962 34 10 44 #2,003
1961 29 — 29 #2,212
1960 13 — 13 #3,539
1959 7 6 13 #5,077
1958 12 6 18 #3,579
1957 13 5 18 #3,335
1956 7 11 18 #4,884
1955 7 5 12 #4,793
1954 9 14 23 #4,012
1953 13 13 26 #3,137
1952 5 7 12 #5,628
1951 9 11 20 #3,745
1950 — 8 8 —
1949 10 8 18 #3,428
1948 5 7 12 #5,318
1947 10 10 20 #3,492
1946 8 14 22 #3,716
1945 8 9 17 #3,435
1944 11 7 18 #2,802
1943 9 10 19 #3,289
1942 5 10 15 #4,705
1941 13 8 21 #2,426
1940 6 10 16 #3,928
1939 10 15 25 #2,774
1938 12 8 20 #2,474
1937 13 12 25 #2,353
1936 12 9 21 #2,421
1935 8 14 22 #3,192
1934 18 12 30 #1,853
1933 8 9 17 #3,164
1932 — 12 12 —
1931 — 7 7 —
1930 5 15 20 #4,615
1929 6 8 14 #4,120
1928 — 10 10 —
1927 7 12 19 #3,933
1926 — 8 8 —
1925 5 10 15 #5,039
1924 8 11 19 #3,707
1923 13 19 32 #2,619
1922 8 14 22 #3,699
1921 11 18 29 #2,981
1920 5 15 20 #5,040
1919 7 14 21 #3,871
1918 14 17 31 #2,410
1917 8 14 22 #3,392
1916 7 18 25 #3,597
1915 6 9 15 #3,846
1914 9 12 21 #2,475
1913 7 12 19 #2,590
1912 9 10 19 #2,023
1910 — 7 7 —
1908 6 — 6 #1,929
1907 8 — 8 #1,559
1904 6 — 6 #1,723
1903 6 — 6 #1,666
1899 5 — 5 #1,672
1897 7 — 7 #1,320
1896 5 — 5 #1,651
1888 — 5 5 —
1884 5 — 5 #1,168