How Many People Are Named Temple?
people named Temple are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 213,215 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,396 babies named Temple in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
104 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was associated with the Knights Templar, a medieval religious military order.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Temple, 76.1% were girls and 23.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Temple rose from 37.2% in the 1910s to 81.9% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Temple alive today is about 45 years old, and 43% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Temple first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1971, to 104 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Temple has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,161, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #10,832. Among boys, its best rank was #1,167, in 1888.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,832 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,161 (1884) | #1,167 (1888) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,457 in the 1970s | #2,404 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Temple alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Temple were born in Texas than in any other state: about 35 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Temple was given about 8.3 times as often in Texas.
Look up another name
⊙ We don't save the names you search.