Temple
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- TEM-pul
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Temple is a name of English origin, meaning “temple, place of worship”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Temple mean?
English: English word and surname
“temple, place of worship”
The surname was given to people living near a temple, often a property of the Knights Templar.
Is Temple a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Temple has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US.
How popular is Temple in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Temple, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 88 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Temple in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1918, 45% of the babies named Temple in the US were girls. By 2010 it was 78%, with more girls than boys since 1934.
Temple in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,411 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,946 |
| 1971 | 88 | #1,253 |
| 1970 | 36 | #2,203 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,402 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 30 | #2,167 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 28 | #2,305 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,988 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,834 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Temple: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/temple, updated 20 October 2026.