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How popular is “Temple” in the USA?

Number of people named “Temple” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Temple” 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 “Temple” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Temple” by birth year

This chart shows how “Temple” 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
1884 5 0.000020537 5 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1912 19 0.00001923 9 10 -5%
1913 19 0.000016709 7 12 -26%
1914 21 0.000014827 9 12 -14%
1915 15 0.000008186 6 9 -20%
1916 25 0.000012924 7 18 -44%
1917 22 0.000010963 8 14 -27%
1918 31 0.000014278 14 17 -10%
1919 21 0.000009951 7 14 -33%
1920 20 0.000008839 5 15 -50%
1921 29 0.000012422 11 18 -24%
1922 22 0.000009611 8 14 -27%
1923 32 0.000013898 13 19 -19%
1924 19 0.000007978 8 11 -16%
1925 15 0.000006429 5 10 -33%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1927 19 0.000008192 7 12 -26%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 14 0.000006386 6 8 -14%
1930 20 0.000008996 5 15 -50%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 8 9 -6%
1934 30 0.000014445 18 12 20%
1935 22 0.000010527 8 14 -27%
1936 21 0.000010108 12 9 14%
1937 25 0.000011733 13 12 4%
1938 20 0.000009039 12 8 20%
1939 25 0.000011346 10 15 -20%
1940 16 0.000006948 6 10 -25%
1941 21 0.000008619 13 8 24%
1942 15 0.000005491 5 10 -33%
1943 19 0.000006731 9 10 -5%
1944 18 0.000006691 11 7 22%
1945 17 0.000006408 8 9 -6%
1946 22 0.000006885 8 14 -27%
1947 20 0.000005552 10 10 0%
1948 12 0.000003476 5 7 -17%
1949 18 0.000005165 10 8 11%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 20 0.000005429 9 11 -10%
1952 12 0.00000316 5 7 -17%
1953 26 0.000006747 13 13 0%
1954 23 0.000005778 9 14 -22%
1955 12 0.000002989 7 5 17%
1956 18 0.000004366 7 11 -22%
1957 18 0.000004284 13 5 44%
1958 18 0.000004354 12 6 33%
1959 13 0.000003127 7 6 8%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 100%
1961 29 0.000007001 29 100%
1962 44 0.000010904 34 10 55%
1963 23 0.000005811 18 5 57%
1964 54 0.00001389 28 26 4%
1965 48 0.00001324 26 22 8%
1966 22 0.00000633 12 10 9%
1967 44 0.000012961 30 14 36%
1968 25 0.0000074 19 6 52%
1969 73 0.000021005 68 5 86%
1970 43 0.000011923 36 7 67%
1971 104 0.0000303 88 16 69%
1972 49 0.00001559 42 7 71%
1973 34 0.00001127 34 100%
1974 34 0.000011184 34 100%
1975 40 0.000013248 33 7 65%
1976 19 0.000006262 10 9 5%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 100%
1978 21 0.000006617 21 100%
1979 24 0.000007214 15 9 25%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 100%
1983 15 0.000004331 8 7 7%
1984 13 0.000003726 8 5 23%
1985 13 0.000003642 6 7 -8%
1987 16 0.000004438 10 6 25%
1988 20 0.000005413 12 8 20%
1989 15 0.000003902 10 5 33%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 100%
1995 16 0.000004369 10 6 25%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 100%
1997 18 0.000004964 13 5 44%
1998 27 0.000007341 22 5 63%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 100%
2000 18 0.000004762 13 5 44%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 100%
2004 22 0.000005758 13 9 18%
2005 17 0.000004422 12 5 41%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2007 17 0.000004252 11 6 29%
2008 16 0.000004071 11 5 38%
2009 16 0.000004188 11 5 38%
2010 32 0.000008659 25 7 56%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 100%
2013 29 0.000007955 24 5 66%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 100%
2015 16 0.000004323 11 5 38%
2016 16 0.000004361 11 5 38%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 100%
2018 20 0.000005688 14 6 40%
2019 28 0.000008067 21 7 50%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 100%
2022 21 0.000006207 12 9 14%
2024 18 0.000005408 11 7 22%

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