NameTides

Temperance

Temperance was the #2,017 girls' name in the US in 2025 (94 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales.

Temperance as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Temperance as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Temperance as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,017 (94)#4,867 (4)—
2024#2,080 (92)#3,696 (6)#2,975 (6)
2023#1,965 (100)#4,710 (4)#2,604 (7)
2022#1,677 (125)——
2021#1,680 (123)#2,942 (8)—
2020#1,459 (147)#4,535 (4)#2,343 (8)
2019#1,429 (156)#2,869 (8)#2,610 (7)
2018#1,371 (164)#1,977 (14)#1,376 (17)
2017#1,248 (190)#3,583 (6)#1,901 (11)
2016#1,094 (235)#2,367 (11)#1,785 (12)
2015#1,049 (251)#3,615 (6)#2,599 (7)
2014#850 (324)#1,882 (15)#1,279 (19)
2013#889 (289)#1,639 (18)#2,595 (7)
2012#834 (321)#1,720 (17)#1,787 (12)
2011#940 (274)#2,150 (12)#1,361 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #834.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Temperance is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Temperance by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Temperance (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TemperanceCanadaGirls—too few
TemperanceEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
TemperanceNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TemperanceUSGirls#2,01794