Temitope — unisex name
260 babies named Temitope in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Temitope was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Temitope in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Temitope
The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Temitope between 1976 and 2020, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Temitope currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Temitope is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 128 additional births since 1979.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Temitope performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Temitope shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Temitope in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Temitope in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 260 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Temitope at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Temitope popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1976
- Peak year (2004)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
260 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 17 births in a single year.
Temitope popularity over time — boys
128 total births recorded since 1979 (Temitope as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Temitope accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Temitope by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 84 births that decade — 32% of Temitope's all-time total
Temitope decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Temitope's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Temitope by state
Where Temitope concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 260 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.