girl's name

Temperence

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 10
  • Births on record 85

Temperence is a girl's name. In 2020 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2010, when 16 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2009.

Temperence over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

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Births named Temperence by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 6
2010s 66
2020s (to 2020) 5

How popular is Temperence?

In 2020, Temperence was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Temperence is used

France #6,552 5 in 2008
England & Wales #7,097 3 in 2008
United States #17,179 5 in 2020

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Temperence

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Temperence also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Temperence over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Temperence

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Temperence — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Temperence

How popular is the name Temperence?

In 2020, Temperence was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Temperence a girl's or a boy's name?

Temperence is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Temperence most popular?

Temperence peaked in 2010, when 16 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.