Temperance is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2014 and has grown less common since.
Temperance is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,034 for girl births in the United States (and #3,719 across all names), given to 94 babies. Temperance was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 2014 (324 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | 94 | #2,034 |
| 2024 | 92 | 92 | #2,098 |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | #1,982 |
| 2022 | 125 | 125 | #1,683 |
| 2021 | 123 | 123 | #1,695 |
| 2020 | 147 | 147 | #1,467 |
| 2019 | 156 | 156 | #1,435 |
| 2018 | 164 | 164 | #1,376 |
| 2017 | 190 | 190 | #1,250 |
| 2016 | 235 | 235 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 251 | 251 | #1,053 |
| 2014 | 324 | 324 | #851 |
| 2013 | 289 | 289 | #891 |
| 2012 | 321 | 321 | #836 |
| 2011 | 274 | 274 | #944 |
| 2010 | 215 | 215 | #1,142 |
| 2009 | 165 | 165 | #1,424 |
| 2008 | 88 | 88 | #2,251 |
| 2007 | 78 | 78 | #2,432 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | #6,575 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #12,911 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | #15,927 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #17,875 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #11,961 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #14,275 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #7,250 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #9,519 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #8,699 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #10,470 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #11,692 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #9,437 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | #6,948 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #6,443 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #8,700 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | #8,338 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #11,183 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #10,785 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #10,571 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #6,750 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #7,984 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #12,147 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #10,297 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | #8,107 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | #5,394 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #7,587 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #8,374 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #6,008 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #8,950 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #8,655 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #9,666 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #5,900 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #5,079 |