Temple — #8941 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Temple

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,559 babies named Temple between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Temple currently holds the #8941 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 88 babies received it in a single year. Temple is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 828 additional births since 1888.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Temple performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 330 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Temple shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Temple in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Temple 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 1,559 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.