Tempie
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,681since 1880
Tempie over time
Rank among girls' names. Tempie has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
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| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,342 | 35 |
| 1921 | #1,437 | 32 |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 35 |
| 1918 | #1,203 | 39 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 |
| 1911 | #1,007 | 19 |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 |
| 1906 | #845 | 19 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 |
| 1898 | #679 | 23 |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #685 | 18 |
| 1891 | #644 | 17 |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | #608 | 13 |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 |
| 1882 | #493 | 14 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Tempie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tempie is popular in 1912
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#278 · 1 in 2,131
Best ever in a state: #278 in North Carolina, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #278 | 8 | 1 in 2,131 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tempie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 505 spots in 1890 (#1,147 → #642)
- Biggest drop: 484 spots in 1889 (#663 → #1,147)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #479 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1890–1907
- Highest: 1 in 7,168 girls born in 1884 were named Tempie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,271 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- 17.1% of all girls named Tempie (287) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | #479 (1884) | #717 |
| 1890s | 172 | #642 (1890) | #737 |
| 1900s | 168 | #780 (1900) | #913 |
| 1910s | 287 | #901 (1913) | #1,178 |
| 1920s | 268 | #1,243 (1926) | #1,698 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,331 (1935) | #1,843 |
| 1940s | 159 | #1,745 (1940) | #2,346 |
| 1950s | 153 | #2,064 (1951) | #3,003 |
| 1960s | 95 | #3,318 (1961) | #4,314 |
| 1970s | 54 | #5,136 (1971) | #7,623 |
| 1980s | 13 | #8,128 (1981) | #8,837 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,778 (1994) | #11,778 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,513 (2014) | #16,513 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tempie in 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
More about 1912
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558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 21,466 of them was named Tempie, which outranked 70.9% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #978Vertie27
- #978Veta27
- #978Zena27
- #1,003Tempie26
- #1,003Antonetta26
- #1,003Arleen26
- #1,003Bernetta26
- #1,032Ardith25
- #1,032Aurore25
- #1,032Carole25
Tied with 28 names at #1,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.