Temperance — #2114 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Temperance

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,610 babies named Temperance between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Temperance currently holds the #2114 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 323 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Temperance performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,416 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Temperance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 220 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Temperance in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Temperance 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 3,610 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.