Feminine dossier · first seen 1916

Temperance

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Temperance
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2014

Peak era

2014

Peak rank proxy

323

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1916Peak 20142024

Peak year

2014

Decline from peak

72.1%

2024

All-time

3,610

Temperance is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2014, when 323 girls were named Temperance.

In 2024, only 90 girls were given the name.

Down 72.1% from its peak.

All told, about 3,610 Americans have been named Temperance and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1916.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2014

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