Girls' name · since 1983
Tember
27 babies named Tember in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,470 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tember is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 27 have been recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Tember recorded 27 times among girls since 1983, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2018.
- #42,470 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tember ranks #42,470 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #42,470 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tember's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tember's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tember's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tember popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2018
- Peak year (1983)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Tember by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (21 births, 78% of the file).
1980s was Tember's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Tember births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
21 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 21 births (78% of all-time use).
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- Tember's decade-level peak was the 1980s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tember: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tember draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.