Temple was the #10,107 girls' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies).
Temple as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#10,107 (9)
2024
#8,946 (11)
2022
#8,542 (12)
2021
#6,691 (17)
2020
#7,559 (14)
2019
#5,798 (21)
2018
#7,762 (14)
2017
#7,442 (15)
2016
#9,411 (11)
2015
#9,481 (11)
2014
#10,129 (10)
2013
#5,486 (24)
2012
#8,632 (13)
2011
#8,196 (14)
2010
#5,414 (25)
Temple as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2024
#9,894 (7)
2022
#8,300 (9)
2019
#9,756 (7)
2018
#10,760 (6)
2016
#12,185 (5)
2015
#12,086 (5)
2013
#12,136 (5)
2010
#9,693 (7)
2009
#12,491 (5)
2008
#12,553 (5)
2007
#10,921 (6)
2005
#11,472 (5)
2004
#7,536 (9)
2000
#10,349 (5)
1998
#9,631 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1971 at #1,253.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1884.
In 2024, 61% of US babies named Temple were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 170,000 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.