Temperance
Girl · English
Temperance is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,017th for girls in the US (94 babies).
What does Temperance mean?
English
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Temperance a girl's or a boy's name?
Temperance is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 94 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Temperance in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Temperance, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Temperance in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Temperance in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
How popular is Temperance in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,017among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 94about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were named Temperance, making it the 2,017th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,459th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 324 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Temperance in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Temperance in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #2,017 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,080 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,965 |
| 2022 | 125 | #1,677 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,680 |
| 2020 | 147 | #1,459 |
| 2019 | 156 | #1,429 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,371 |
| 2017 | 190 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 235 | #1,094 |
| 2015 | 251 | #1,049 |
| 2014 | 324 | #850 |
| 2013 | 289 | #889 |
| 2012 | 321 | #834 |
| 2011 | 274 | #940 |
| 2010 | 215 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 165 | #1,420 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,234 |
| 2007 | 78 | #2,418 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Names like Temperance
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Aria Harper Primrose Poppy Willow Amelie Penelope Maisie Sophia Elodie Sienna
Names related to Temperance
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Daisy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison