Is Temperance a boy or girl name?
Temperance is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 90 girls and 0 boys were named Temperance, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 3,610 US babies named Temperance were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,127
- Babies named Temperance since 1916
- 3,610
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 323 babies
Boys and girls named Temperance, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1970s | 0 | 64 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 73 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 89 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 378 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,416 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 585 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 90 | #2,127 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 100 | #1,979 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 125 | #1,681 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 123 | #1,693 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 147 | #1,465 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 156 | #1,434 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 164 | #1,376 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 190 | #1,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 235 | #1,095 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 250 | #1,054 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 323 | #854 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 289 | #890 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 321 | #836 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 274 | #943 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 214 | #1,146 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 165 | #1,424 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 88 | #2,251 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 78 | #2,432 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 20 | #6,575 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 8 | #12,910 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 6 | #15,926 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 5 | #17,874 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 8 | #11,961 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 6 | #14,275 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 13 | #7,250 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 9 | #9,519 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 10 | #8,699 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 8 | #10,470 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 7 | #11,691 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 9 | #9,436 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 13 | #6,948 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 14 | #6,443 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 9 | #8,700 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 9 | #8,338 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 6 | #11,182 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 6 | #10,784 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 6 | #10,572 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 10 | #6,749 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 8 | #7,984 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 5 | #12,147 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 6 | #10,297 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 8 | #8,107 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 13 | #5,394 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 8 | #7,588 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 7 | #8,373 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 10 | #6,008 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 6 | #8,951 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 6 | #8,655 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 5 | #9,665 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 9 | #5,898 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,079 |
Highest rank
Temperance has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #836 in 2012. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Temperance
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.