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How popular is “Temperance” in the USA?

Number of people named “Temperance” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Temperance” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Temperance” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Temperance” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Temperance” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Temperance” by birth year

This chart shows how “Temperance” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1916 5 0.000002585 5 100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 100%
2007 78 0.000019511 78 100%
2008 88 0.000022388 88 100%
2009 165 0.000043192 165 100%
2010 214 0.000057905 214 100%
2011 274 0.000074909 274 100%
2012 321 0.000087768 321 100%
2013 289 0.000079272 289 100%
2014 323 0.000087147 323 100%
2015 250 0.000067551 250 100%
2016 235 0.000064055 235 100%
2017 190 0.000053129 190 100%
2018 164 0.000046645 164 100%
2019 156 0.000044945 156 100%
2020 147 0.000044004 147 100%
2021 123 0.000036305 123 100%
2022 125 0.000036948 125 100%
2023 100 0.000030201 100 100%
2024 90 0.000027039 90 100%

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