Temur — boys' name
72 babies named Temur in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
79% of everyone ever named Temur was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Temur in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Temur
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Temur between 2009 and 2021, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Temur currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Temur performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Temur 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 Temur in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Temur 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 72 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.
Temur at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Temur popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2009
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
72 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 9 births in a single year.
Temur by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 57 births that decade — 79% of Temur's all-time total
Temur decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Temur's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
Temur by state
Where Temur concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 6.9% |
5 of 72 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.9% 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, 2009–2021 (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.