Girls' name · since 1910
Tempy
Tempy has 30 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1910 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1910
- 1910s
- peak decade
30 girls have been named Tempy since 1910, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tempy has 30 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 1954.
- #41,113 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1910
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tempy ranks #41,113 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1910, peaking in the 1910s.
- #41,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1910
- 1910s
- peak decade
Tempy's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tempy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tempy splits its recorded history at 1929: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1910 (5 births).
Tempy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–1954
- Peak year (1910)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1954.
30 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1910 with 5 births in a single year.
Tempy by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (15 births, 50% of the file).
1910s was Tempy's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Tempy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
15 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 15 births (50% of all-time use).
Tempy decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Tempy's data
- Tempy's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tempy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1910)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1910–1954 (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 Tempy 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.
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