Tempest — #8448 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tempest

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,306 babies named Tempest between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tempest currently holds the #8448 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 98 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tempest performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 402 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Tempest shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tempest in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tempest 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 1,306 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.