# Temperance (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/temperance/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,709 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,709 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 184, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From temperance. A virtue name first used by Puritans in the 16th century.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 274 | 944 |
| 2012 | 321 | 836 |
| 2013 | 289 | 891 |
| 2014 | 324 | 851 |
| 2015 | 251 | 1,053 |
| 2016 | 235 | 1,096 |
| 2017 | 190 | 1,250 |
| 2018 | 164 | 1,376 |
| 2019 | 156 | 1,435 |
| 2020 | 147 | 1,467 |
| 2021 | 123 | 1,695 |
| 2022 | 125 | 1,683 |
| 2023 | 100 | 1,982 |
| 2024 | 92 | 2,098 |
| 2025 | 94 | 2,034 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.