Tempest
Girl · TEM-pist · English
Tempest is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “violent storm”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Tempest mean?
English: English word, from Latin tempestas
“violent storm”
From the English word for a violent storm, as in Shakespeare's late play The Tempest.
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Is Tempest a girl's or a boy's name?
Tempest is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tempest in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Tempest, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 98 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Tempest in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tempest in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,454 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,553 |
| 1989 | 69 | #1,893 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 41 | #2,397 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 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 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 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 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
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