Temple is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1971 and has since faded.
Temple is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #10,836 for girl births in the United States (and #18,323 across all names), given to 9 babies. Temple was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 1971 (88 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | #10,836 | — |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | #9,505 | #10,805 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | #9,007 | #8,909 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | #6,941 | — |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | #7,921 | — |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | #5,962 | #10,693 |
| 2018 | 20 | 20 | #8,121 | #11,981 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #7,806 | — |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | #10,055 | #13,974 |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 | #10,091 | #13,836 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #10,883 | — |
| 2013 | 29 | 29 | #5,631 | #13,846 |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | #9,075 | — |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #8,582 | — |
| 2010 | 32 | 32 | #5,581 | #10,637 |
| 2009 | 16 | 16 | #10,618 | #14,285 |
| 2008 | 16 | 16 | #10,743 | #14,377 |
| 2007 | 17 | 17 | #10,763 | #12,196 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #13,507 | — |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | #9,398 | #13,163 |
| 2004 | 22 | 22 | #8,674 | #8,081 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | #12,317 | — |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | #7,411 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #11,962 | — |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | #7,994 | #11,954 |
| 1999 | 13 | 13 | #7,677 | — |
| 1998 | 27 | 27 | #4,945 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | #7,251 | #10,658 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | #7,095 | — |
| 1995 | 16 | — | #8,700 | #8,772 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #9,536 | — |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #11,693 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #15,397 | — |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #7,944 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | — | #11,298 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #7,984 | #9,098 |
| 1988 | 20 | — | #6,637 | #5,693 |
| 1987 | 16 | — | #7,305 | #6,861 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #10,573 | #5,708 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | #8,091 | #7,223 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #7,985 | #5,429 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #8,155 | — |
| 1981 | 9 | — | #7,357 | — |
| 1980 | 18 | — | #4,306 | — |
| 1979 | 24 | — | #4,828 | #4,371 |
| 1978 | 21 | — | #3,623 | — |
| 1977 | 17 | — | #4,218 | — |
| 1976 | 19 | — | #6,009 | #3,981 |
| 1975 | 40 | — | #2,449 | #4,747 |
| 1974 | 34 | — | #2,339 | — |
| 1973 | 34 | — | #2,301 | — |
| 1972 | 49 | — | #1,967 | #4,393 |
| 1971 | 104 | — | #1,264 | #2,457 |
| 1970 | 43 | — | #2,237 | #4,191 |
| 1969 | 73 | — | #1,420 | #4,957 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #3,045 | #4,100 |
| 1967 | 44 | — | #2,206 | #2,238 |
| 1966 | 22 | — | #3,934 | #2,766 |
| 1965 | 48 | — | #2,402 | #1,716 |
| 1964 | 54 | — | #2,343 | #1,575 |
| 1963 | 23 | — | #3,052 | #4,568 |
| 1962 | 44 | — | #2,022 | #2,832 |
| 1961 | 29 | — | #2,243 | — |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #3,668 | — |
| 1959 | 13 | — | #5,514 | #3,949 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | #3,728 | #3,895 |
| 1957 | 18 | — | #3,471 | #4,491 |
| 1956 | 18 | — | #5,268 | #2,618 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | #5,152 | #4,340 |
| 1954 | 23 | — | #4,241 | #2,200 |
| 1953 | 26 | — | #3,254 | #2,277 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #6,313 | #3,340 |
| 1951 | 20 | — | #3,983 | #2,487 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | — | #2,999 |
| 1949 | 18 | — | #3,588 | #2,995 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | #5,963 | #3,295 |
| 1947 | 20 | — | #3,679 | #2,655 |
| 1946 | 22 | — | #3,957 | #2,021 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | #3,652 | #2,562 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | #2,933 | #3,079 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | #3,465 | #2,543 |
| 1942 | 15 | — | #5,301 | #2,509 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | #2,522 | #2,854 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #4,294 | #2,463 |
| 1939 | 25 | — | #2,902 | #1,867 |
| 1938 | 20 | — | #2,560 | #2,846 |
| 1937 | 25 | — | #2,438 | #2,184 |
| 1936 | 21 | — | #2,507 | #2,606 |
| 1935 | 22 | — | #3,394 | #2,021 |
| 1934 | 30 | — | #1,905 | #2,249 |
| 1933 | 17 | — | #3,378 | #2,717 |
| 1932 | 12 | — | — | #2,306 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | — | #3,366 |
| 1930 | 20 | — | #5,176 | #2,067 |
| 1929 | 14 | — | #4,511 | #3,226 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | — | #2,826 |
| 1927 | 19 | — | #4,240 | #2,514 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | — | #3,353 |
| 1925 | 15 | — | #5,691 | #2,912 |
| 1924 | 19 | — | #3,973 | #2,805 |
| 1923 | 32 | — | #2,716 | #1,867 |
| 1922 | 22 | — | #3,971 | #2,332 |
| 1921 | 29 | — | #3,132 | #1,975 |
| 1920 | 20 | — | #5,673 | #2,218 |
| 1919 | 21 | — | #4,208 | #2,253 |
| 1918 | 31 | — | #2,500 | #1,986 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | #3,676 | #2,180 |
| 1916 | 25 | — | #3,882 | #1,759 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | #4,211 | #2,804 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #2,614 | #1,961 |
| 1913 | 19 | — | #2,784 | #1,667 |
| 1912 | 19 | — | #2,122 | #1,729 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | — | #1,409 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #2,073 | — |
| 1907 | 8 | — | #1,625 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,845 | — |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,768 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,813 | — |
| 1897 | 7 | — | #1,372 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,795 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | — | — | #1,168 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,161 | — |